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Outgoing army chief Bajwa leaves behind a divided Pakistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
While addressing the Defence and Martyrs Day ceremony, Bajwa in his last address, struck a confessional note, saying that armies around the world are seldom criticized "but our army is often subjected to criticism."
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Outgoing COAS Bajwa creates controversy, saying only 34,000 Pak soldiers s
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The outgoing Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday created a controversy by saying that only 34,000 Pak soldiers surrendered to India in the 1971 war.
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Pakistan President meets Imran Khan hours after PM Shehbaz picks army chie
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Earlier today, Pakistan Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb announced that Lt Gen Asim Munir has been named as the chief of army staff and Lt Gen Sahir Shamshad Mirza has been named as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee.
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Lt Gen Asim Munir named Pakistan's new army chief
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Prime Minister of Pakistan Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has decided to appoint Lt. Gen. Sahir Shamshad Mirza as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Lt. Gen. Syed Asim Munir as the Chief of the Army Staff using the constitutional authority, Pakistan Information Minister Marriyum Auran
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Pakistan Army Chief admits military involvement in politics
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
While addressing the Defence and Martyrs Day ceremony, the Army Chief said that armies around the world are seldom criticized "but our army is often subjected to criticism." "I think the reason for that is the army's involvement in politics. That is why in February, the army decided to not i
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Pakistan government receives list of contenders for country's next army ch
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Gen Bajwa, 61, is slated to retire next week after a three-year extension. Besides the government, the Pakistani army also confirmed that it had sent the names of six top lieutenant generals for the appointment of Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) and the chairman of the joint chief of staff
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Pak FM Dar says people behind Bajwa's income tax records leak identified
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Assuring a "logical conclusion" for the report related to the leak of Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa's income tax records, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar shared that people behind the leak have been identified.
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Road ahead for Imran Khan seems rough, full of potholes
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's open blame game against the military institutions and name-calling Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa for "illegitimately" ousting his government in April this year has crossed all "red-lines" and rendered him an 'enemy' of Rawalpindi.
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Pak Finance Ministry to probe 'illegal, unwarranted' leak of COAS Bajwa's
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar Monday ordered a probe into the 'illegal, unwarranted' leak of Chief of Army Staff General (COAS) Qamar Javed Bajwa's family tax records.
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Pak army chief Bajwa's family became billionaires in last six years: Repor
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Writing for Fact Focus, Pakistani journalist Ahmad Noorani has unearthed how Bajwa's immediate and extended family members, in a matter of few years, started a new business, became owners of farmhouses in prominent Pakistani cities and bought foreign properties, making billions of dollars in
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PM Shehbaz to appoint new army chief in a "day or two" says Pak Interior M
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Pakistan Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Friday said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will be appointing a new army chief in a "day or two" as he believes that further delay over the appointment will not be appropriate.
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Pak PM heads to London to meet PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif, may discuss app
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
This visit to London is the third such trip since he became Prime Minister in April. The Dawn newspaper reported that this visit comes two weeks before the end of Pakistan Army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa's tenure on November 29.
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