Gen Qamar Bajwa is new army chief

Gen Qamar Bajwa is new army chief

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nazwaz Sharif on Saturday appointed Lt. Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa as Chief of Army Staff and Lt. Gen. Zubair Hayat as Chairman Joint Chief of Staff Committee.

Lt. Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa was previously Commander of important Rawalpindi Corps and is presently employed as Inspector General Training and Evaluation, at GHQ, a position General Raheel Sharif held before becoming the army chief.

Normally, commanding a corps carries huge weightage before being considered for promotion to the four-star general.