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== Early life and education ==

Munir was born in [[Rawalpindi]], [[Punjab, Pakistan]] to a [[Punjabi people|Punjabi]] family, with their roots lying in [[Jalandhar]], [[Punjab, India]], from where his parents migrated following the 1947 partition of India. They moved to [[Toba Tek Singh]] before settling down in [[Rawalpindi]]'s Dheri Hassanabad. His father, Syed Sarwar Munir, was the principal of the FG Technical High School, [[Lalkurti]], Rawalpindi and the imam of a mosque, Masjid-al-Quraish, situated in a locality of Dheri Hassanabad, where he often delivered the [[Khutbah|Friday Khutbah sermon]]. Munir has two siblings, Syed Qasim Munir and Syed Hashim Munir. One of his brothers is a government school teacher.<ref>{{Cite web |title=From Jalandhar (India) to Rawalpindi: family profile of new Army Chief General Asim Munir |url=https://www.unewstv.com/234977/from-jalandhar-india-to-rawalpindi-family-profile-of-new-army-chief-general-asim-munir |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=UNewsTv |language=en-US}}</ref>

Munir got his early religious education in a [[Madrasa|traditional Islamic seminary]] in Rawalpindi, the Markazi Madrasah Dar-ul-Tajweed, in his youth also being a local [[Cricket|cricketer]] as a [[Fast bowling|fast bowler]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 November 2022 |title=COAS Asim Munir played cricket in Rawalpindi's Dheri Hassanabad |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/455475-coas-asim-munir-played-cricket-in-rawalpindis-dheri-hassanabad |website=[[Geo News]]}}</ref>