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New army chief to be appointed by November 26: Khawaja Asif

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Defence minister laments mass hysteria triggered across Pakistan over appointment of an army chief, unlike in any other country


The notification for the appointment of the next chief of army staff will be issued by November 26 before the outgoing Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa retires on November 29, said Defence Minister Khawaja Asif.

Asif's statement comes hours after he informed the National Assembly that his ministry has informed the General Headquarters (GHQ) about the letter received by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif regarding the new army chief's appointment.

“The process will take two to three days to complete. The excitement will end, after which we will deal with Imran Khan,” he had said earlier.

"The appointment process for the highest offices in the Pakistan Army has commenced today," the minister said on Geo News programme 'Capital Talk'.

"The Prime Minister, in a letter addressed to the Ministry of Defence, sought the names and dossiers for the appointment of the next army chief. The ministry has asked the GHQ to send the dossiers along with the nominations.

The PML-N leader lamented that mass hysteria is triggered over the appointment of the army chief in Pakistan, unlike any other country in the world.

"Once the matter [the appointment issue] is settled, political leaders should join hands, sit together, and talk so that the appointment is not politicised in the future," he emphasised.

When asked why PTI Chairman Imran Khan chose November 26 as the date for the long march, the defence minister stated that the former premier might be thinking that President Dr Arif Alvi would not approve PM Shehbaz's recommendation for the high-ranking office in the Pakistan Army.

"Imran Khan has also absolved the US of the charge of a foreign conspiracy. He has said that the establishment did not hash out a conspiracy [against his government]. However, he still maintains that they [the establishment] could have averted the conspiracy to topple his government," Asif said.

The defence minister said that Khan has legitimised the vote of no-confidence with his new statement by letting go of the US and the establishment.

He said that the PTI chief made a business out of the Toshakhana gifts. "A gift is given to honour you. But, this man [Khan] sells his honour," he stressed.

Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah will determine whether Khan's helicopter will land in Islamabad or not, he added.

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lol, IK pulled out right on time for us to marvel at this shitshow.
 
Now Rana Sana saying whether summary coems or not, the appointment will be made.

Someone on twitter commented:

"Summary labbay na labbay, speed ik so nabbay" :lol:
 
PMLN are desperate to get another corrupt Asim Munir as the next Thief
of Army Staff.
 
The hysteria (mostly from establishment and PMLN camps) is coming out of the fact that neither of them have a single clue what IK has planned for Nov 26th and beyond
His silence is driving them crazy lmao
 
Preisdent Arif Alvi is the supreme commander of armed forces, so it's up to him to approve or reject summary.

Appointing new COAS on 26th Nov will be illegal and unconstitutional because the current Chief is retiring on 29th Nov.

PMLN is trying to make Pakistan army to Punjab police
 
PMLN are desperate to get another corrupt Asim Munir as the next Thief
of Army Staff.
It would be hilarious if after all they did to PTI in cahoots, Bajwa got the last laugh on Noon league as well and somehow denied them Asim Munir as COAS. :lol:
 
Really enjoying PMLN vs Establishment tussle now and seeing frustrated tweets of pro PDM journalists/youtubers/analysts. Was kinda missing for the last 7-8 months but finally back to the business where it belonged. It was a wrong-Turn anyway!
 
Pakistanis are just making politics out of this army chief appointment. An army chief is appointed by the military, and also even if the military gives 3 options to the civilians to choose from, it makes no difference because the army chief is not a dictator, he makes policies with the core commanders and the same core commanders are then appointment as army chiefs in the future. Ofcourse Usa approval and training is given way before all this takes place.

Nawaz Sharif as claimed appointed General Musharaff and the same Musharaff had differences with Nawaz Sharif and then kicked him out. When Musharaff left people celebrated but Musharaff right hand man General Kiani became the chief lol. IK was in love with Bajwa and gave him extention and then the same Bajwa allowed IK to be taken by PDM. This same Bajwa was anti PDM but now pro PDM.

The reality is army wants to work with those who want to give and take, who are willing to compromise on certain issues effecting the powerful military people etc. Nawaz Sharif didn't listen and was removed 3 times from power, IK did the same. PPP had differences with army and were removed from power back in the 1990s. The same issue happened with Imran Khan, he had differences with the military and they try to explain it to him but he didnt listen and he had to go.

Differences are regarding foreign/internal policy, regarding corruption, foreign assets, pleasing certain masters, who the law applies to etc.
 
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