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4 Lt. Generals to retire in 2 months.

Main question is who will go to Quetta. I think may be core commander Karachi is sent there.
 
WishLivePak said:
If some general is retiring say in December and Raheel retires in November, then the general can remain in service for 3 years if he becomes COAS?

Also if there are 5 LT gen to choose COAS from, Does it go by who is eldest (seniority)? So if oldest general doesn't become COAS, he can resign or stay as lt general and work under a younger lt general?
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Yes the new COAS will serve for another three years with effect from the date he assumes new appointment.
A senior general officer may serve under a junior General (if not promoted) but it is customary that superseded Lt Generals prefer to hang their boots.

Zarvan said:
Main question is who will go to Quetta. I think may be core commander Karachi is sent there.
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A big No
 
alibaz said:
Yes the new COAS will serve for another three years with effect from the date he assumes new appointment.
A senior general officer may serve under a junior General (if not promoted) but it is customary that superseded Lt Generals prefer to hang their boots.


A big No
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Senior junior is determined by age or when they joined army?
 
WishLivePak said:
If some general is retiring say in December and Raheel retires in November, then the general can remain in service for 3 years if he becomes COAS?
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Just to provide a contrast, the CoAS's term in India is also 3 years but subjected to attaining the age of 62 upon which he retires. It can therefore vary from Gen to Gen. Also there are no extensions that are given.

Also if there are 5 LT gen to choose COAS from, Does it go by who is eldest (seniority)? So if oldest general doesn't become COAS, he can resign or stay as lt general and work under a younger lt general?
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As answered, the superseded officer usually retires. In India, while there have been cases earlier of the senior-most Gen. not being made CoAS, it is now the norm that the senior-most is the chosen one. Pakistan does not follow that which actually allows lobbying to take place and is undesirable. A year into the term of the present Indian CoAS and we know who his successor is going to be. I believe following the concept of seniority would actually reduce tensions between the military & the civilian government in Pakistan because any Gen. so appointed will be deemed to have got his place through the natural order of things rather than being seen as a favourite of the PM and which brings pressure on the CoAS to show that he is his own man.
 
alibaz said:
Seniority has nothing to do with age brother.
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So how does one figure seniority?

Bang Galore said:
Just to provide a contrast, the CoAS's term in India is also 3 years but subjected to attaining the age of 62 upon which he retires. It can therefore vary from Gen to Gen. Also there are no extensions that are given.



As answered, the superseded officer usually retires. In India, while there have been cases earlier of the senior-most Gen. not being made CoAS, it is now the norm that the senior-most is the chosen one. Pakistan does not follow that which actually allows lobbying to take place and is undesirable. A year into the term of the present Indian CoAS and we know who his successor is going to be. I believe following the concept of seniority would actually reduce tensions between the military & the civilian government in Pakistan because any Gen. so appointed will be deemed to have got his place through the natural order of things rather than being seen as a favourite of the PM and which brings pressure on the CoAS to show that he is his own man.
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That's good choosing most senior. But I suppose for Pakistan it doesn't fit very well since some seniors took part in over growing of govt. like the senior most general who retired helped overthrow the govt.

Also I wonder why Air Force or navy doesn't get COAS or CJCS
 
Heads of universities should be at least PhD scientists if not with some achievements. University is not an army unit.
This is one of many reasons Pakistan is rolling some where behind the modern world. Not the appropriate person is doing its job.
 
WishLivePak said:
Also I wonder why Air Force or navy doesn't get COAS or CJCS
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CoAS is Chief of the Army staff, so obviously will only be from the army. CAS (Chief of the Air staff), CNS (Chief of the Naval staff) would be its equivalent.. CJCS (Chairman, Joint Chiefs of staff) should be another matter, probably reflective of the importance of the Army in Pakistan.
 
Bang Galore said:
CoAS is Chief of the Army staff, so obviously will only be from the army. CAS (Chief of the Air staff), CNS (Chief of the Naval staff) would be its equivalent.. CJCS (Chairman, Joint Chiefs of staff) should be another matter, probably reflective of the importance of the Army in Pakistan.
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Well then I hope Navy or Air Force gets CJCS next time.

Thanks for info.
 
WishLivePak said:
So how does one figure seniority?


That's good choosing most senior. But I suppose for Pakistan it doesn't fit very well since some seniors took part in over growing of govt. like the senior most general who retired helped overthrow the govt.

Also I wonder why Air Force or navy doesn't get COAS or CJCS
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Ones PA number
 
Pakistanisage said:
There is Rumour that Lt. Gen. Nasser Janjua might take over as RECTOR NUST UNIVERSITY after his retirement from the Pak Army. If so, it will be great to see an excellent administrator take over this Fine Engineering University of Pakistan.

The previous Rector did a fabulous Job as an Academic and served NUST for two terms ( 8 years ).
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As a humble alumni of this fine university, I want to see a qualified PhD take charge of NUST. Generals shouldn't be running universities. The current rector did a fine job and I had the honor to meet him a few times. But the truth is that NUST could have achieved much more if a competent professor (there is no shortage in NUST) had been in charge.

Faujis brought discipline to the university, which was good. But at department level, quite a few departments lacked the vision to transform from just an academic institution to a proper research institution.
 

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