Back কামার জাভেদ বাজওয়া Bengali/Bangla Qamar Javed Bajwa German Qamar Javed Bajwa Spanish قمر جاوید بجوا Persian Qamar Javed Bajwa French قمر جاوید باجوا PNB قمر جاوید باجوہ Urdu 卡馬爾·賈韋德·巴傑瓦 Chinese
General (R) Qamar Javed Bajwa | |
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 Official military portrait, 2016 | |
| 10th Chief of Army Staff | |
| In office 29 November 2016 – 29 November 2022 | |
| President | Mamnoon Hussain Arif Alvi |
| Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Nasirul Mulk (caretaker) Imran Khan Shehbaz Sharif |
| Preceded by | Raheel Sharif |
| Succeeded by | Asim Munir |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 November 1960[1] Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Parent | Muhammad Iqbal Bajwa |
| Alma mater | |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Pakistan |
| Branch/service | Pakistan Army |
| Years of service | 1978-2022 |
| Rank | General |
| Unit | 16 Baloch Regiment |
| Commands | Chief of Army Staff (2016-2022)
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| Battles/wars | |
| Awards | |
Qamar Javed Bajwa NI(M), HI(M) (Urdu: قمر جاوید باجوہ; born 11 November 1960) is a retired Pakistani army general who served as the tenth chief of the army staff of Pakistan from 29 November 2016 to 29 November 2022.[3][4] In 2018 he was ranked 68th in the Forbes list of the World's Most Powerful People.[5]
Originally from Gakhar Mandi, Gujranwala, Bajwa was born into a Punjabi Jat family of the Bajwa clan in Karachi.[6] Bajwa was educated at the F. G. Sir Syed College and Gordon College in Rawalpindi before joining the Pakistan Military Academy in 1978. Bajwa was commissioned in 1980 in the 16th Battalion of the Baloch Regiment. Before his appointment as the chief of army staff, he served at the General Headquarters as the inspector general of the training and evaluation from September 2015 to November 2016 and as field commander of the X Corps from August 2013 to September 2015 which is responsible for the area along the Line of Control in Kashmir. In addition, he served as a brigadier in the UN mission in Congo and as a brigade commander in 2007.
Towards the end of his career as army chief, tax details of Bajwa's family members, acknowledged as a "leak" by the Pakistani government,[7][8] were leaked to the press, alleging increases in the billions throughout his tenure.[9]
During his tenure, military interference in Pakistan's political apparatus reached a new high, despite Bajwa's claims of remaining apolitical.[10]
- ^ "General Bajwa's Battle". Newsweek Pakistan. 23 December 2016. Archived from the original on 23 December 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ^ "Pakistan Army's Story of Triumphs". Daily Times. 17 October 2022.
- ^ Dawn.com (29 November 2016). "General Bajwa takes charge as Pakistan's 16th army chief". dawn.com. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^ "Qamar Javed Bajwa". Forbes.
- ^ Dawn.com (10 May 2018). "Gen Bajwa named 68th 'most powerful' person in the world by Forbes". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ "Pakistan Has a New Army Chief. Here's What We Know About Him". The Wire. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ "Dar orders probe into COAS family's tax record leakage". Daily Times. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ "Finance minister orders probe into leak of wealth details of relatives of Pakistan army chief". Arab News. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ "Army Chief Qamar Bajwa's Family Became Billionaire within The Last Six Years". Fact Focus. 20 November 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ Shehzad, Rizwan (4 December 2022). "Gen Qamar's political legacy leaves much to be desired". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 15 June 2023.