General Qamar Javed takes over as COAS

General Qamar Javed takes over as COAS
APP41-29 RAWALPINDI: November 29 - General Raheel Sharif, outgoing COAS handing over the command stick to Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa to formally hand him over the command of Pakistan Army during Change of Command ceremony held at GHQ. APP

RAWALPINDI, Nov 29 (APP): General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Tuesday
took over as Chief of Army Staff (COAS) on completion of General Raheel Sharif’s three-year tenure.

Outgoing COAS General Raheel Sharif handed over the ‘command stick’
to General Qamar Javed Bajwa at the Change-of-Command ceremony held here at the Army Hockey Stadium, adjacent to the General Headquarters.

Upon arrival of General Raheel and General Qamar at the ceremony
venue, a military band led by Lt Ghulam Ali played heartwarming tunes on national and folk songs.

A smartly turned out contingent, consisted of Northern Light Infantry,
Frontier Force, Sindh Regiment and flag-party, led by major Haris Aslam
presented the general salute to General Raheel and General Qamar. COAS General Raheel reviewed the guard of honour.
The contingent presented march past and salute to the outgoing COAS
General Raheel Sharif.

Among others, the ceremony was attended by Minister for Defence
Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Minister for Defence Production Rana Tanveer
Hussain, Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting and National
Heritage Marriyum Aurangzeb, Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz
Sadiq, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Zubair Mehmood Hayat, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Zakaullah, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman, senior officers of the armed forces, and foreign diplomats.

New COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa was commissioned in 16
Baloch Regiment on October 24, 1980.

He is a graduate of Canadian Forces Command and Staff College,
(Toronto) Canada, Naval Postgraduate University, Monteray (California)
USA, National Defence University, Islamabad.

Qamar Bajwa has been an instructor at School of Infantry and
Tactics, Quetta, Command and Staff College, Quetta and NDU.
He has also been Brigade Major of an Infantry Brigade and
Chief of Staff of Rawalpindi Corps.

General Bajwa has commanded 16 Baloch Regiment, an Infantry Brigade and Infantry Division in Northern Areas (Commander FCNA).

He has also commanded Pakistan Contingent in Congo. He has
commanded Rawalpindi Corps, and was Inspector General Training and
Evaluation at GHQ before taking over as COAS.

Earlier, General Raheel Sharif visited the Martyrs’ Monument
(Yadgar-e-Shuhada) at the General Headquarters, laid wreaths and offered Fateha for the martyrs. General Qamar Javed Bajwa was also present on the occasion.

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