Qamar Javed Bajwa Age, Biography, Wife & More
Some Lesser Known Facts About Qamar Javed Bajwa
- Did Qamar Javed Bajwa smoke?: Not Known
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- He was born to a Pakistani Army Officer Col Muhammad Iqbal Bajwa in Ghakhar Mandi, Punjab, Pakistan.
- His mother died in September 2013.
- His father-in-law was also in Pakistan Army and retired as a Major General.
- On 24 October 1980, he was commissioned in 16 Baloch Regiment and was commissioned in Sind Regiment in 1982.
- In 2007, he commanded a United Nations Peace Keeping Mission in Congo as a brigade commander under former Chief of Army Staff (Indian Army) Bikram Singh. General Singh termed Bajwa’s performance there as “professional & Outstanding”.
- He was awarded Hilal-i-Imtiaz (military) in August 2011.
- He also served as an instructor at school of infantry and tactics in Quetta, Pakistan.
- In 2015, he served as Principal Staff Officer to Raheel Sharif (the then Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan).
- He has an avid experience of handling Kashmir affairs.
- He considers religious extremism a bigger threat to Pakistan’s national security than India.
- He has never been posted to a war zone area and thus lacks the experience of armed conflict.
- He is considered a genuine military man with no interest in politics.
- In November 2016, he was promoted to the rank of 4-star General and was also appointed the 16th Chief of the Army Staff of the Pakistan Army succeeding Raheel Sharif.
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