Original sentence: Taj retired from Pakistan Army in April 2011.Taj took over the Gujranwala Corps after the incumbent Lt Gen Waseem Ahmad Ashraf retired from the army on 4 October 2008
Edited sentence: Lt Gen Nadeem Taj retired from Pakistan Army in April 2011, having served for nearly four decades with dignity and honour.Lt Gen Nadeem Taj took over the Gujranwala Corps after the incumbent Lt Gen Waseem Ahmad Ashraf retired from the army on 4 October 2008