ISLAMABAD – CJP Justice Asif SaeexKhosa suspends COAS General Qamar Bajwatenure extension notification.
Chief Justice of Pakistan Asif Saeed Khosa on Tuesday suspended thegovernment’s notification of Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa’s tenureextension until the top court’s hearing tomorrow.
The chief justice observed that “the summary and approval of army chief’sextension is not correct”.
The court issued notices to defence ministry, federal government and GenBajwa, who is due to retire on November 29 (Friday). The hearing wasadjourned until Wednesday.
On August 19, Prime Minister Imran Khan had approved extension in thetenure of Gen Bajwa for another three years.
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“General Qamar Javed Bajwa is appointed Chief of Army Staff for anotherterm of three years from the date of completion of current tenure,” thebrief notification issued by the prime minister’s office had said.
The chief justice today took up a withdrawal application of a petitionfiled by The Jurists Foundation challenging the extension in Gen Bajwa’stenure. The top judge, however, rejected the application to withdraw thepetition and took it up in public interest under Article 184 (3) of theConstitution.
The case was converted into a suo moto notice.
