General Qamar Javed Bajwa Appointed as Pak Army Chief, General Zubair Mahmood Hayat Appointed as CJCS

Finally the change of power one of the largest powerful seats in Pakistan is going to happen on November 29, 2016. According to recent news, General Raheel Sharif will hand over the post of Pak Army Chief to General Qamar Javed Bajwa.

Up to some extent, seniority list has against been neglected by the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. He opted for the fourth general in the list.

Chairman Joint Chief of Staff General Rashid Mahmood has been retired today, and his command will go to the General Zubair Mahmood Hayat.

Here was the seniority list:

Name	Posting
Lt Gen Zubair Hayat	Chief of General Staff
Lt Gen Ishfaq Nadeem Ahmed	Commander II Corps Multan
Lt Gen Javed Iqbal Ramday	Commander XXXI Corps Bahawalpur
Lt Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa	Inspector General Training & Evaluation

It was the fifth time that Nawaz Sharif appointed Pak Army Chief. In the past, four Army Chiefs selected by PM Nawaz were General Asif Janjua (1991), General Waheed Kakar (1993), General Pervez Musharraf (1998) and General Raheel Sharif (2013).

Earlier the rumors were there that General Ishfaq Nadeem Ahmed was to be the next COAS but was rejected because of his aggressive style.

General Qamar Javed Bajwa Profile

16th Chief of Army Staff
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 November 2016
Preceded by	Gen Raheel Sharif
Inspector General of the Training and Evaluation
In office 22 September 2015 – 29 November 2016
Preceded by	Lt Gen Ikramul Haq
Commander X Corps, Rawalpindi
In office 14 August 2013 – 22 September 2015
Preceded by	Lt Gen Khalid Nawaz Khan
Succeeded by	Lt Gen Malik Zafar Iqbal
Personal details
Religion	Islam
Awards	Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Military service
Allegiance	Pakistan
Service/branch	Pakistan Army
Rank	General
Unit	Baloch Regiment