The Pakistan Army has submitted the names of six of its pinnacle generals for the put up of Army leader to prevail incumbent General Qamar Javed Bajwa, finishing the suspense over the important thing appointment.
Gen Bajwa, 61, is scheduled to retire on November 29 after a three-12 months extension. He has dominated out searching for every other extension.
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) issued a short announcement on Wednesday on Twitter that it acquired the precis from the Ministry of Defence for the appointment of the brand new Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and the Chairman Joint Chief of Staff Committee (CJCSC).
“The top minister will take a selection at the appointments as according to the laid down procedure,” in keeping with the announcement.
The Army additionally showed that it had despatched the names of six pinnacle lieutenant generals for the appointments.
Although it did now no longer point out the names, however it’s far believed that the six guys consist of Lt Gen Asim Munir (presently Quarter Master General), Lt Gen Sahir Shamshad Mirza (Commander 10 Corps), Lt Gen Azhar Abbas (Chief of General Staff), Lt Gen Nauman Mehmood (National Defence University President), Lt Gen Faiz Hamid (Commander Bahawalpur Corps), and Lt Gen Mohammad Amir (Commander Gujranwala Corps).
Two of them might be picked with the aid of using Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for merchandising and appointment for the posts of COAS and CJCSC earlier than November 29.
Sharif will ship the precis to President Arif Alvi who will notify the appointments.
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif stated on Monday that the method of appointment of the following navy leader may be finished with the aid of using November 25.
On Monday, Gen Bajwa visited the Naval and Air Headquarters in Islamabad as a part of his farewell visits. He additionally visited Rawalpindi Corps Headquarters and laid a floral wreath on the Martyrs’ Monument.
The CJCS is the best authority withinside the hierarchy of the militia however the key powers such as mobilisation of troops, appointments and transfers lie with the Chief of Army Staff which makes the character conserving the put up the maximum effective withinside the military.
The effective Army, which has dominated Pakistan for greater than 1/2 of of its 75-plus years of existence, has hitherto wielded widespread energy in topics of protection and overseas policy.
The advice of the Prime Minister is binding at the President however the latter can postpone the appointment for a few time. Some media reviews confirmed that the President can preserve the precis for the appointment for 25 days.
However, the authorities legitimate rejected the reviews that the president should postpone the appointment.
There has been high-quality hobby withinside the appointment of Bajwa’s successor as many consider ousted top minister Imran Khan’s lengthy march is related to the alternate of command withinside the Army.
He has requested his supporters to collect in Rawalpindi on November 26, days earlier than Gen Bajwa arms over the baton to the brand new Army leader.
The debate over the appointment of the brand new leader has intensified because the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the military, showed remaining week that General Bajwa might doff off his uniform on November 29.
The debate is likewise related to the present day political stalemate stemming from Khan’s lengthy march stressful early elections.
Political observers are of the view that one of the targets of Khan’s lengthy march is to steer the Army leader’s appointment despite the fact that Khan has denied such claims.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif these days paid a non-public go to to London wherein he consulted his brother and previous top minister Nawaz Sharif on the difficulty and after his return, he took all coalition companions on board.
The function of President Alvi has come to the limelight withinside the appointment method as a few media reviews claimed that he should preserve the notification for 25 days.
Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Saturday suggested President Alvi towards growing any “form of disorder” withinside the Army leader’s appointment.