According to a media report on Friday, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has stated that he has not but considered extension of the tenure of Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa as there’s nonetheless time for his time period to finish.
Talking concerning the controversial problem of extension in Bajwa’s tenure, Prime Minister Khan stated that he has an unprecedented relationship with the navy management, Dawn newspaper reported.
“The current year has just begun and November is far away. Then why worry about extension of the tenure of Army Chief,” the Prime Minister was quoted as saying within the report.
Khan stated that he had not but considered extension within the tenure of COAS Bajwa.
The 61-year-old will function the Chief of Army Staff until November 28, 2022.
Khan’s shut aide, Bajwa, was as a consequence of retire on November 29, 2019, on the finish of his authentic three-year time period, however Prime Minister Khan, by way of a notification, despatched the military chief to a different of the identical size, citing the regional safety scenario. Extended.
However, the Supreme Court on November 28 suspended the federal government order saying there was no legislation to increase the tenure of the Army Chief. But the highest courtroom gave General Bajwa an extension of six months after the federal government assured him that Parliament would move a legislation on extension/re-appointment of a military chief inside six months.
The authorities, after preliminary hesitation, received the help of the principle opposition events and launched three payments within the National Assembly to boost the retirement age from 60 to 64 years for the chief of workers and joint chiefs of the Army, Navy and Air Force. Staff Committee.
On rumors of a doable pact between the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the military to topple his authorities, Khan stated he was not personally below any sort of stress.
The cricketer-turned-politician stated he has the help of allies and expressed confidence that his authorities will full its 5 years by 2023, the report stated.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
