Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa is set to retire on November 29. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has already started the process of appointing his successor, saying that they will be finalising the names by this week.
Gen. Bajwa, 61, has already served his three-year extension and refused to extend his tenure further.
The Express Tribune newspaper has reported that the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has sent a list of recommendations to the Prime Minister’s Office.
Pakistan s nuclear armed military is set to get a new supremo later this month when General Qamar Javed Bajwa s tenure as Chief of Army Staff comes to an end.
Pakistan's nuclear armed military is set to get a new supremo later this month when General Qamar Javed Bajwa's tenure as Chief of Army Staff comes to an end. The military is the most powerful institution in a nation seldom far from its next crisis and the appointment could have a crucial bearing on the future of Pakistan's fragile democracy, and whether relations with
Pakistan's nuclear armed military is set to get a new supremo later this month when General Qamar Javed Bajwa's tenure as Chief of Army Staff comes to an end. The military is the most powerful institution in a nation seldom far from its next crisis and the appointment could have a crucial bearing on the future of Pakistan's fragile democracy, and whether relations with neighbouring India are allowed to improve.