Lt Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa appointed new army chief of Pakistan

An intense guessing game on the replacement of army chief General Raheel Sharif came to an end Saturday when Lieutenant General Qamar Javed Bajwa was appointed as the new Chief of Army Staff.

Bajwa will take the place of Gen Raheel Sharif who is set to retire on November 29. Bajwa will likely take charge of the world’s sixth-largest army by troop numbers in a formal handover.

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