Will retire soon and a new Army Chief will be appointed. Although the new army from the government
Prime Minister of Pakistan Shahbaz Sharif
Pakistan chief of staff of Qamar Javed Bajwa Will be retiring soon. According to reports, he is retiring from his post on 29th of this month. In the recent reports, Bajwa himself clarified that he is not taking any kind of extension on his post. In such a situation, it is clear that he will retire soon and new army chief will be appointed. However, the appointment of the new army chief has not yet been announced by the government.
At the same time, the Chief of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and former Prime Minister Imran Khan is also pressurizing the government to announce the new Army Chief as soon as possible in the Long March. But even after so much political ruckus, it is not being clarified that who will be the next army chief? In fact, in the constitution of Pakistan, it is written on the action on the appointment of the new army chief that the second army chief should be appointed at least one day before the current army chief retires.
PM’s right to appoint
However, no restriction has been imposed on this rule. Only the Prime Minister of Pakistan has the right to appoint a new army chief. According to a BBC news, if the appointment of army chiefs is seen in Pakistan, then the new army chiefs have been appointed after waiting from a few hours ago to months. So far this has happened only once in Pakistan when the new army chief was appointed two months back.
It was a matter of 1991 when Nawaz Sharif was in power. At that time, about 2 months before the retirement of the old Army Chief, the new Army Chief Asif Nawaz was announced. However, during this, Sharif had appointed the Chief of the Air Force only a few hours earlier.
what does the constitution say
Muslim League Senator Parvez Rasheed told that the decision of when to announce the new army chief depends on the Prime Minister only. He told that Article 243 is related to the appointment of army chiefs. There is no fixed period for this, he said. Even before this, recruitments have taken place from a few hours ago to an interval of three months. If this appointment is announced even 1 hour before retirement, then it is not unconstitutional.
Shahbaz went to meet Nawaz
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif had gone to the United Kingdom a few days back. Going here, he met Nawaz Sharif. According to reports, during this time he has also discussed with his brother about the appointment of the new Army Chief.