Indian Media about Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, Pakistan's new Army Chief

[Hareeb]

27 Nov, 2016 , 08.38AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday chose Chief of Army Staff Raheel Sharif's successor: General Qamar Javed Bajwa. Gen. Sharif didn't seek an extension to his three-year term, unlike several of his predecessors. Who is Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, the man who's set to become one of the most influential people in Pakistan? Here are 10 key points to keep in mind.
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Gen Bajwa's regiment
Bajwa belongs to the Balochistan regiment, which has produced three Pakistan Army chiefs - Gen. Yahya Khan, Gen. Aslam Beg and Gen. Ashfaq Perviaz Kayani.
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Before his elevation, Bajwa served as Inspector General of Training and Evaluation
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Experience
He has led the 10 Corps, which serves in the area along the Line of Control, and the Force Command Northern Areas.
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Served under a former Indian Army Chief in Congo
He has also served under former Indian Army Chief Gen. Bikram Singh as a brigade commander during a United Nations mission in Congo.
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'Professional, outstanding' performance during United Nations mission
Gen Singh said Gen Bajwa's performance under him in Congo was "totally professional" and "outstanding," but added that India should wait and watch how the new Pakistan COAS behaves. A military officer's conduct at home, where he's governed by his country's national interests, is different from his conduct in the international environment, Gen. Singh explained.
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Pakistan Army's Kashmir policy: 'No let-up' under Bajwa
Gen. Singh added that Gen. Bajwa, who has commanded the 10 Corps, was acquainted with his Pakistan's policy towards India, and said he believed "there will be no let-up as far as Pakistan army's Kashmir policy is concerned."
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More focus on home-grown terrorism?
Gen Singh also expressed hope that the new Pakistan COAS will consider homegrown terrorism as a greater threat to Pakistan than India, as he has publicly said.
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Responsibilities
Bajwa will take over an Army that operates a vast business empire, and often dictates key areas of Pakistan's foreign policy - including relations with India and Afghanistan.
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Not the only contender
Gen Bajwa wasn't the only man in contention for the top Army job. Chief of General Staff Lieutenant Zubair Hayat, who was once in charge of Pakistan's nuclear programme, and Lieutenant General Ishfaq Nadeem, commander of the strategic Multan strike corps, were also considered. Like Gen Bajwa, Zubair has been promoted to the rank of four-star general. He's been named Chairman, Joint Chief of Staffs Committee.
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When Gen Bajwa takes over
General Sharif will hand over the command of Pakistan's Army to Bajwa at a ceremony in Rawalpindi on Tuesday, November 29.



Inputs from agencies
Header photo courtesy: AP

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[Hareeb]

Will Qamar Javed Bajwa be as hostile as Raheel Sharif to India?

Rajat Pandit | TNN | Updated: Nov 27, 2016, 07.48AM IST

NEW DELHI: Pakistan army's deep-rooted professional hostility towards India will continue despite the change in guard, with General Qamar Javed Bajwa's name being announced to succeed General Raheel Sharif as the next chief.
However, whether it will be as visceral as it was under Gen Sharif is something that remains to be seen in the backdrop of three days of relative calm along the Line of Control after the Indian Army pounded over 15 Pakistan army posts on Wednesday to exact revenge for an Indian soldier's beheading and the two DGMOs talked to each other.
" Gen Bajwa is well-versed with the complexities, nature of operations and terrain along the LoC. He has also handled Kashmir extensively during his career. But it's actually too premature to say anything. Both Generals Pervez Musharraf and Kayani proved different from what their initial assessments were," said a top Army officer.
Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif, who has now handpicked six army chiefs during his different stints as the country's leader, of course, selected Gen Pervez Musharraf in 1998 only to be ousted by him a year later and thereafter packed off to Saudi Arabia. Nawaz Sharif also did not enjoy a good rapport with General Raheel Sharif, who he had selected in 2013, and therefore would be extremely glad to see the last of him.
Gen Sharif , who had projected himself as the great savior of Pakistan and was widely regarded as one after he took on home-grown terrorists on the western front, was perceived to be extremely hostile to India. After all, his uncle was killed in the 1965 war and brother in the 1971 one with India.
Former Army chief General Bikram Singh, under whom Gen Bajwa served as a brigade commander in the UN peace-keeping operations in Congo in 2007, also says it's important to "wait-and-watch" how Gen Bajwa conducts himself.
"In the UN operations, Gen Bajwa's performance was totally professional and outstanding. But a military officer's conduct in the international environment is different from the way he conducts himself back home. There, he is governed by his country's national interests," said Gen Singh.
"Gen Bajwa has commanded the important 10 Corps in Pakistan. So, he is acquainted with his country's policy towards India. I believe there will be no let-up as far as Pakistan army's Kashmir policy is concerned," he added.
Several international South Asia experts echoed similar views. Asked about her opinion on the new Pakistan army chief Gen Bajwa, Georgetown University associate professor C Christine Fair tweeted, "Cut from the same cloth. It won't make a difference."
The assessment in India, too, is that Pakistan army's long-standing "confrontationist attitude" towards India as well as its policy to covertly control the "terror tap" in J&K is not going to change anytime soon.
Pakistan army, of course, remains incensed over what India described as "surgical strikes" against terror launch pads in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir on September 29. The force, in conjunction with its intelligence arm ISI, has after all been the prime driver behind Pakistan's Kashmir policy to "bleed'' India with a thousand cuts for decades.
Despite its history of interventions within and adventurism vis-a-vis India, the Pakistan army remains a motivated, extremely professional force that virtually holds the troubled country together from spiraling out of control, even though the Sunni-Deobandi radicalization continues to make deep inroads.
Given the Pakistan army-ISI combine's pathological obsession with India, the strategy to bleed India on its east through its jihadi proxies will continue unabated. The Indian response, consequently, becomes important rather than who is at the helm in the Pakistan army.

http://m.timesofindia.com/india/Qam...plications-for-india/articleshow/55641190.cms

 

[-BAJWA-]

On a serious note, whenever I want to watch comedy, I watch Indian news reports on Pakistan defence and CPEC.

Yudh ka vichaar,
Seema rekha ki rakshaa,
Parmanoo bomb
Gdaar port,
Nawo sena
chinta jtana
Pak sajish rach rha he
Sena pati
Wayo sena ke lrakoo wemaan,


Don't forget the "Gupt sooteron ke anusaar Pak India per bre yudh ki yujna bna rha he"

 

[Khan_21]

On a serious note, whenever I want to watch comedy, I watch Indian news reports on Pakistan defence and CPEC.

Yudh ka vichaar,
Seema rekha ki rakshaa,
Parmanoo bomb
Gdaar port,
Nawo sena
Wayo sena ke lrakoo wemaan,

Good lord I seriously hate these words . There is no feeling in the world than seeing Indian media in full retard mode .

 

[FlyingAce]

Indian's should know, Gen.Bajwa is more relaxed minded who like to plan & then proceed.. Just like a chess player... Indian's can be in a fix and will be in time to come.. hahaha

 

[Maea]

Bro

Good lord I seriously hate these words . There is no feeling in the world than seeing Indian media in full retard mode .

Bro u r right

 

[ISI-1]

Good lord I seriously hate these words . There is no feeling in the world than seeing Indian media in full retard mode .

Hhhhh, unbelieveably funny