Qamar Javed Bajwa

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General Qamar Javed Bajwa

Qamar Javed Bajwa (born November 11, 1960 in Karachi ) is the 16th and current Chief of Staff of the Army of Pakistan . As a four-star Army General, he was appointed to military service on November 29, 2016. According to Forbes magazine , Bajwa is the 68th most powerful person in the world.

childhood and education

Qamar Javed Bajwa belongs to the Jat people . His family is from Ghakhar Mandi, Punjab . His father died when Bajwa was 7 years old. He was raised by his mother who died in 2013. Bajwa joined the army in 1978 and attended the Pakistan Military Academy. He then went to North America and attended the Canadian Army Command and Staff College in Canada and the Naval Postgraduate School in the USA. He also attended the National Defense University Pakistan.

Military career

After joining the army in 1978, Bajwa attended the Pakistan Military Academy. He left the academy as an officer . In 1992, Bajwa briefly served in the Northern Light Infantry Regiment in Kashmir . Bajwa worked for the X. Corps as a staff officer in Rawalpindi . Prior to his promotion to one-star general, he served as Chief of Staff in the X. Corps. He also served as a commander in Northern Pakistan and subsequently became a two star general.

Bajwa served in 2007 as the commander of the Pakistani UN peacekeeping mission in the Congo. In the Congo, he served as the commander of the brigade under General Bikram Singh's regiment. After his promotion to two-star general, Bajwa took over the command of a unit in Gilgit-Baltistan in 2009 . In 2011 he was awarded the Hilal-I-Imtiaz.

Bajwa was then employed as a teacher at various military institutions. In 2013 he was promoted to three-star general and was responsible for the X. Corps in Rawalpindi for the third time as commander. He was a first grade officer. The X. Corps are a highly respected unit that controls the situation in Kashmir. In 2014, Bajwa was appointed commander of the Baloch Regiment.

In 2015, Lieutenant Bajwa was appointed head of the training unit at the Army headquarters in Rawalpindi. He worked in the staff of the then army chief Raheel Sharif .

Chief of Army Staff

Bajwa with Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and cabinet members (2017)

The then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif confirmed the end of office of Raheel Sharif, who contradicted rumors of a second term. Sharif's successor was to be chosen between Lieutenant Zubair Hayat and Javed Ramday, both of whom were close to the Sharif family. However, Nawaz Sharif announced Qamar Javed Bajwa as his successor in September 2016. According to analysts, his support for democracy earned him the office.

As army chief, Bajwa massively expanded the fight against terrorism, known through two military operations, in February and July 2017. Bajwa denied emerging allegations that the army played a role in the impeachment of Nawaz Sharif.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary . In: The News , September 27, 2013. Archived from the original on November 28, 2016. Retrieved on November 27, 2016. 
  2. ^ Lt Gen Qamar Javed new Commander 10 Corps . In: The News , August 13, 2013. Archived from the original on November 25, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016. 
  3. ↑ Next Army chief: Lieutenant-General Qamar Bajwa strongest candidate? . In: Business Recorder , September 19, 2016. Archived from the original on November 25, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016. 
  4. ^ Lt Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa chosen as new army chief (en) . In: Dawn , November 26, 2016. Archived from the original on March 3, 2017. Retrieved March 1, 2017. 
  5. ^ Ex-Indian army chief praises Pakistan's incoming chief Gen Bajwa . In: Dawn , November 27, 2016. Archived from the original on November 27, 2016. 
  6. ↑ Who will be the new army chief? , Pakistan Today. November 22, 2016. Archived from the original on November 24, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016. 
  7. ↑ INSTALLATION CEREMONY COLONEL IN CHIEF / COLONEL COMMANDANT OF BALOCH REGIMENT . In: ISPR , May 13, 2014. Archived from the original on November 27, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016. 
  8. ↑ Four army officers including DG ISPR Asim Bajwa made three-star generals . In: Dawn , September 22, 2015. Archived from the original on November 28, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016. 
  9. ↑ Four major generals promoted to lieutenant generals . In: The News , September 23, 2015. Archived from the original on November 25, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016. 
  10. ↑ I don't believe in extension, will retire on due date: Gen Raheel Sharif . In: DAWN.COM , January 25, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2017. 
  11. ^ Lt General Zubair Mahmood Hayat, tipped to be Pakistan Army chief, visits China . In: The Indian Express , October 15, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2017. 
  12. ↑ As Pakistan army chief's tenure nears end, PM faces key choice . In: Reuters , Reuters, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2017. 
  13. ↑ Pakistani Media on Why Qamar Bajwa Got One of The Country's Top Military Job , NDTV.com. November 28, 2016. Archived from the original on November 29, 2016. 
predecessor Office successor
Raheel Sharif Pakistan Army Chief of Staff
2016-


personal data
SURNAME Bajwa, Qamar Javed
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Pakistani general and army chief
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Karachi