Decision on extension for Pak Army chief General Bajwa can wait: PM Imran Khan

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has mentioned he has not but thought of an extension to Chief of the Army Staff Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa’s tenure as there’s nonetheless time for his time period to finish, in accordance with a media report on Friday.

Talking in regards to the contentious problem of the extension of Bajwa’s tenure, Prime Minister Khan mentioned that he loved an unprecedented relationship with the navy management, the Dawn newspaper reported.“The current year has just started and November is far away. Then why there is worry about extension in the tenure of the army chief,” the prime minister was quoted as saying within the report.Khan mentioned that he had to this point not thought of extension of the tenure of COAS Bajwa.The 61-year-old will serve the put up of Army chief until November 28, 2022.Bajwa, a detailed confidant of Khan, was to retire on November 29, 2019 on the finish of his three-year unique time period, however Prime Minister Khan gave the Army chief one other extension of the identical size, citing the regional safety state of affairs, by a notification.However, the Supreme Court on November 28 suspended the federal government order, observing that there isn’t a legislation to provide an extension to the Army chief’s tenure. But the apex court docket granted a six-month extension to General Bajwa after being assured by the federal government that Parliament would move a laws on the extension/reappointment of a military chief inside six months.The authorities, after preliminary hesitation, secured the help of the primary opposition events and launched three payments within the National Assembly to increase the retirement age from 60 to 64 years for the chiefs of the military, navy and air power, and the chairman of the joint chief of employees committee.Speaking in regards to the rumours of a attainable deal between the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the navy to topple his authorities, Khan mentioned he personally was not beneath any form of stress.The cricketer-turned politician mentioned that he loved the help of allies and expressed confidence that his authorities would full its mandated 5 years until 2023, the report mentioned.Also Read: Kazakhstan chief: Constitutional order restored amid unrestAlso Read: Brazil: Heavy rains, floods depart tons of homeless | In PicsAlso Read: China menace: Japan and US vow to collaborate extra on defence