Islamabad: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has confirmed Lt. Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa as the new Chief of Army Staff (COAS) of Pakistan Army replacing the outgoing General Raheel Sharif, on Saturday.
President Mamnoon Hussain has made the appointment on the advice of Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif.
Meanwhile Lt. Gen Zubair Hayat has been appointed the Chairman Joint Chief of Staff Committee (CJCSC).
“On the advice of Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, President Mamnoon Hussain has approved the promotion of Lieutenant General Zubair Mehmood Hayat and Lieutenant General Qamar Javed Bajwa,” the prime minister’s office said.
The Defence Ministry’s notification confirms that both Lt Gen Zubair Hayat and Lt Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa have been promoted to the four-star general rank.
Lt Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa has been serving as the Inspector General of the Training and Evaluation.
He has previously served as the Force Commander Gilgit-Baltistan and Rawalpindi Corps Commander.
General Bajwa will likely take charge of the world’s sixth-largest army by troop numbers in a formal handover on Tuesday, when General Sharif formally retires.
Bajwa was commissioned in 1980 and was partly educated abroad, including staff college training in Canada and naval post-graduate studies in the United States.
Bajwa had also served abroad, commanding the Pakistan Contingent in Congo, and had spent time commanding infantry divisions.
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