*ISLAMABAD – **Federal cabinet takes important decision over the issue ofCOAS General Qamar Bajwa tenure extension.*
*The federal cabinet made it clear on Tuesday that it was a unanimousdecision to give General Qamar Javed Bajwa an extension for another threeyears as the chief of army staff.*
The cabinet meeting was summoned to discuss the petition filed by theJurist Foundation against the General Bajwa’s extension in the SupremeCourt.
The participants of the meeting were of the view that Prime Minister ImranKhan, being the chief executive of the country, has the authority to extendthe army chief’s tenure.
The prime minister also directed officials bring him the summary ofextension in the army chief’s tenure.
Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court suspended the official notificationthat extended the tenure of the army chief.
The apex court said the attorney general was asked under which law an armychief’s tenure could be extended or he could be re-appointed. But thecountry’s top lawyer failed to explain it, the court added.