ISLAMABAD – The federal cabinet has appointed Major Gen (Retd) Amir AzeemBajwa as the new chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA).
Bajwa has been appointed for a first term of four years which is extendablefor a second one of another four years.
The federal cabinet, in the last week of December, approved the appointmentof Major Gen (Retd) Bajwa — former Director General Special CommunicationOrganization (SCO) as Member Technical. As witnessed in the past, MemberTechnical was appointed as the chairman.
The federal cabinet met with Prime Minister Imran Khan in the chair onThursday. The body considered a summary of the Cabinet Division for theappointment of chairman PTA from a list of three members.
The Cabinet division had submitted a summary to the federal cabinet whichincluded the names of all the three members including Major Gen (Retd) AmirAzeem Bajwa (Member Technical), Dr. Khawar Saddique Khokhar (MemberCompliance) and Mohammad Naveed (Member Finance).
Bajwa has previously served as Director General (DG) Special CommunicationOrganization (SCO) – a military-run telecommunication organizationproviding services in Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJ&K) and Gilgit Baltistan.
Azeem Bajwa, HI (M), (Colonel Commandant of the Corps of Signals) retiredon 16 November 2017 from the Pakistan Army.