{"id":25133,"date":"2026-08-15T13:51:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T13:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/?p=25133"},"modified":"2026-08-15T13:51:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T13:51:41","slug":"pakistani-major-general-javed-ahmed-qazi-appointed-new-minurso-force-commander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/?p=25133","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani Major General Javed Ahmed Qazi Appointed New MINURSO Force Commander"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Islamabad (HRNW)<\/strong> \u2014 United Nations Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres has appointed Pakistan Army Major General <strong>Javed Ahmed Qazi, Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)<\/strong>, as the new Force Commander of the <strong>United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The appointment is being seen as an important recognition of the professional capabilities, discipline and longstanding contributions of Pakistan\u2019s armed forces to United Nations peacekeeping operations.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan has been contributing personnel to UN peacekeeping missions for decades, serving in conflict-affected regions around the world and playing a significant role in efforts aimed at maintaining international peace and security.<\/p>\n<p>The appointment of Major General Javed Ahmed Qazi to the senior MINURSO command position is being regarded as another significant honour for Pakistan and the Pakistan Army on the international stage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Support HRNW:<\/strong><br \/>\nSupport independent human rights journalism, peace, justice and public awareness through <strong>Human Rights News Worldwide (HRNW)<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/?page_id=1083&amp;utm_source=chatgpt.com\">Support HRNW<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Disclaimer:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis report is based on available information and reported sources. Where information has not been independently verified by HRNW, it should not be treated as a definitive official position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad (HRNW) \u2014 United Nations Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres has appointed Pakistan Army Major General Javed Ahmed Qazi, Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military), as the new Force Commander of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). The appointment is being seen as an important recognition of the professional capabilities, discipline and longstanding contributions of Pakistan\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25133"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25135,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25133\/revisions\/25135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}