ISLAMABAD: Important developments made in COAS General Qamar Bajwaextension case in Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court has reserved its verdict in the COAS General Qamar JavedBajwa extension case, which would be announced later today by a 10-memberfull court.
For the third day today, a three-member bench of the apex court, headed byChief Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa and comprising Justice Mazhar Alam KhanMiankhel and Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, heard a petition challenging theextension of COAS General Bajwa.
When the hearing resumed, the chief justice asked the Attorney GeneralAnwar Mansoor Khan to present the notifications of extension granted toformer army chief general (retd) Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, as well as thenotification of the retirement of General Raheel Sharif.
“We were told yesterday that generals never retire,” remarked CJP Khosa.
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The attorney general informed the court that General Qamar Bajwa has beenreappointed under Article 243, to which the CJP remarked that you have toconvince us this is legal.
After arguments made by the attorney general and General Bajwa’s counselFarogh Naseem, the bench stated that a 10-member full court will announcethe short order in the afternoon, whereas the detailed verdict would beissued in the evening.
In the meantime, the court granted General Bajwa permission to continueworking, conditionally. It further instructed the government to prepare afresh notification, which does not list the tenure of the extension and tosubmit it in the court at 1pm.
