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He had previously held the position of commander for the troops stationed in Pakistan’s northern regions. In October 2018, he was named DG ISI, and Lt Gen Faiz Hameed, the pro-Haqeeqi Azaadi March candidate, took over as the new DG ISI in June 2019. In Gujranwala, Munir was moved and given the position of Corps Commander. He is one of the Pakistani army’s most capable and brave generals, and his military career has always been successful.
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Since his time as a brigade commander in the Force Command Northern Areas under Gen Bajwa, who was then Commander X Corps, he has been a close assistant to the current COAS. He was subsequently named DG of Military Intelligence in early 2017 and made the ISI chief in October of that same year. His tenure as the top intelligence officer, however, ended up being the shortest in history since, at the behest of the then-prime minister Imran Khan, he was replaced by Lt. Gen. Faiz Hamid after only eight months. He was appointed as the commander of the Gujranwala Corps and served in that capacity for two years before being transferred to the GHQ as the Quartermaster General.