Islamabad: (Staff Reporter) Outgoing Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa will hold a farewell meeting with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif today. The prime minister will travel to Islamabad from Lahore for the meeting. The premier will hold a luncheon in honor of the outgoing army chief. General Bajwa is all set to retire on November 29 after completing his six-year stint as Pakistan Army chief.
According to the source, General Bajwa was appointed as COAS on 29 November 2016 by the then prime minister Nawaz Sharif Prime Minister Sharif. After the completion of his first term of three years as the chief of the army staff, General Bajwa’s tenure as army chief was extended for another three years, starting from November 2019 until November 2022, by the former prime minister of Pakistan Imran Khan.
Army to Remain Apolitical: In his last public address at the Defence and Martyrs day ceremony, the outgoing army chief expressed that the army will stay away from politics and will perform only constitutional role. Terming army’s interference in country’s politics as unconstitutional said that a state of confusion was created by creating a fake and false narrative.
Furthermore he said that “The Army has decided not to interfere in political affairs, adding that the interference of Army in politics is unconstitutional. I feel proud to have served as the commander of this great army for six years, adding that the peace in cities and villages is accredited to the sacrifices of its martyrs.”
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