![]() ![]() However, another group within the party speculates that Shehbaz Sharif may simply go along with the current chief's advice.Ĭhief of Armed Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa is set to retire in the last week of November. "Then, no matter how things turn out, we will at least be content that no personal choices were involved," one party leader said. Some PML-N leaders said in that they have, therefore, more or less decided that instead of succumbing to the temptation of finding an 'ideal' candidate, they will make the appointment based on seniority alone, Dawn reported. The experience has reportedly left the Sharifs with the belief that they will never quite get it right. Ironically, none of the appointments worked out very well for him. The elder Sharif was repeatedly criticised for appointing officers he saw as an 'apna banda' (his man). ![]() Of the 10 Army chiefs the country has had since 1972, five were appointed by the incumbent's elder brother, Nawaz Sharif, in separate tenures as Prime Minister. The tradition is that the GHQ sends a list of the four to five senior-most lieutenant-generals, along with their personnel files, to the Ministry of Defence, which then forwards them to the prime minister to pick the officer he finds best suited to the role. In that role, he was part of Gen Raheel Sharif's core team at the General Headquarters (GHQ), which supervised the military operation against the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and other militants in North Waziristan. He came to prominence as director-general military operations (DGMO) during the last two years of Gen Raheel Sharif's tenure. Lt-Gen Mirza has had an impressive career in the Army, particularly in senior leadership positions during the past seven years. ![]() He hails from the Sindh Regiment the same parent unit as the outgoing CJCSC, Gen Nadeem Raza. In the current cohort, Lt-Gen Sahir Shamshad Mirza is senior-most amongst the four candidates belonging to the same batch.Ī military source, while commenting on his profile, said he was the clear frontrunner for either of the two posts of COAS and CJCSC, Dawn reported. It is almost time for the Pakistan government to make what is likely to be one of the toughest calls of its tenure: who to appoint as the next chief of the countrys Army, the media reported.Ī senior Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader hinted in background discussions that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif could initiate discussions on the appointment by the end of August, and possibly take a decision by mid-September, Dawn news reported. ![]()
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