Gen. (ret.) Qamar Javed Bajwa, the former head of Pakistan’s armed forces, claimed that his predecessor attempted to use a political controversy brought on by a news report critical of the country’s former premier Nawaz Sharif to secure a further three-year extension for himself.
The report claims that General (retired) Raheel Sharif, who served as Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff from 2013 to 2016, wanted an extension just as his predecessors Ashfaq Parvaiz Kayani and Bajwa.
At the end of his professional life, a report in the Dawn daily claimed that the government had summoned the army’s senior brass and demanded that they take action against terrorists or else risk international isolation.
Ex-Army head of Pakistan says his predecessor requested a three-year extension: Report
