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Bajwa to remain Pak Army Chief for another three years

Bajwa to remain Pak Army Chief for another three years

TIL Desk/World/Islamabad/ Pakistan Army Chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa”s term has been extended by three years citing the “regional security environment”.

Even before the official announcement, Bajwa”s continuation in office was seen as a foregone conclusion as in Pakistan, the army chief decides the duration of his own term even though the order for the extension of his term was signed by Prime Minister Imran Khan.

As an opposition leader in 2010, Imran Khan had opposed the extension to the country”s then army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani by the Yousaf Raza Gillani-led PPP government, stressing on following the “rule of law”.

In an interview with a news channel, Imran Khan had said: “In the First World War and the Second World War, no general got an extension,” arguing that bending the rule for one person weakened the entire system.

Bajwa, who became the Army chief on November 29, 2016, did not want to leave office at a time when Islamabad”s relations with India are at the lowest ebb and the US is preparing to leave Afghanistan, throwing open a new chapter in the region”s geopolitics.

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