General Qamar Javed Bajwa was due to retire on November 29, 2019, at the end of his original three-year term, but Imran Khan extended his term through a notification.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa (Imran Khan-Qamar Javed Bajwa)
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that he has not yet thought of extension of the tenure of Army Chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa as his term is still to end. there is time. The media reported about this on Friday. According to the ‘Dawn’ newspaper report, on the controversial issue of extension of Bajwa’s tenure, Prime Minister Khan said that he has an unprecedented relationship with the military leadership. Imran Khan is running the government in Pakistan with the help of army. The opposition always keeps saying this thing.
The report quoted the Prime Minister as saying, “The current year has just begun and November is still far away.” Then why worry about the extension of the tenure of the army chief. Imran said that he has not yet thought of extension in the tenure of COAS Bajwa. Bajwa (61) will remain in the post of Army Chief till November 28, 2022. Bajwa, a close aide of Imran, was due to retire on November 29, 2019, at the end of his original three-year term, but Prime Minister Khan, through a notification, sent the army chief to another of the same length, citing the regional security situation. Extended service.
The court had suspended the decision to extend the tenure
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on November 28 suspended the government order saying there was no law to extend the tenure of the army chief. But the top court granted a six-month extension to General Bajwa on the government’s assurance that Parliament would pass a law on extension/re-appointment of an army chief within six months. The government won the support of the main opposition parties after an initial impasse and introduced three bills in the National Assembly to raise the retirement age from 60 to 64 years for the chiefs of the Army, Navy and Air Force and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. did.
Government will complete five-year term: Imran
On rumors of a possible agreement between the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the army to topple the government, Imran said he was not personally under any kind of pressure. The report said that the cricketer-turned-politician said that he has the support of allies and expressed confidence that his government will complete a five-year term by 2023. It is always said about Imran Khan’s government that if the support of the army is withdrawn from him, then his government can fall immediately.
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