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Qamar Javed Bajwa NI(M), HI(M) (Urdu: قمر جاوید باجوہ; born 11 November 1960) is a retired Pakistani general who served as the tenth chief of the Army Staff of Pakistan from 29 November 2016 to 29 November 2022.
Asim Saleem Bajwa was born into a middle-class Punjabi Jat family of the Bajwa clan in Sadiqabad, Punjab, Pakistan.. His father Muhammad Saleem Bajwa was a government employee and medical doctor who was assassinated while travelling to Karachi on train in 1976, and Asim has five brothers, himself being the third after Tanvir and Taloot, both doctors, and three sisters.
In his press briefing, Anjum tried to convince public regarding the fleeing of Arshad Sharif, [9] however, months after the presser, Arshad Sharif's mother publicly accused a number of senior-ranking officers of ISI, including former Army Chief General Bajwa, Faisal Naseer and Nadeem Anjum of conspiring for the "targeted, premeditated, planned ...
Throughout Imran Khan's four-year administration, Maryam continued to faced threats and intimidation from the government. On one occasion, her father Nawaz Sharif cautioned that if any harm befell his daughter, individuals including PM Imran Khan, COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa, and DG ISI Lt Gen Faiz Hameed, would bear responsibility. [19]
Sarfraz married Arifa Sarfraz, the daughter of Major General Muhammad Arshad Chaudhary. They have two sons, Ahmed Ali, Muhammad Ali, and daughter Zainab. [10] At the time of Sarfraz's death, Ahmed Ali, an officer in the Pakistan Army, held the rank of Captain and served as his Aide-de-camp. Though he was initially meant to be onboard, a lack of ...
In December 2022, General Munir received the Nishan-i-Imtiaz (Military) award from President Arif Alvi. At the Aiwan-e-Sadr , top military officials were given special investitures in front of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif , diplomats , lawmakers , and federal ministers were present during the ceremony.
The President of Pakistan Arif Alvi described Sharif's death as "a great loss to journalism and Pakistan". The Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif described the killing as "shocking news". Former Prime Minister Imran Khan wrote on Twitter that he was "shocked at the brutal murder of Arshad Sharif who paid the ultimate price for speaking ...
In February 2019, Major General Asif Ghafoor, announced that two senior military officers were being held on espionage charges. [ 2 ] On 30 May 2019, Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa announced that Brigadier Raja Rizwan, along with another Lt. General Javed and Dr. Waseem Akram, had been tried and convicted of selling nuclear ...