November 27, 2016

Lt Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa appointed new army chief

He served in Congo as a brigade commander under former Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army Bikram Singh, who was serving there as a division commander.


X Corps

As lieutenant colonel, he served in the X Corps which is stationed in Rawalpindi, where he was general staff officer.

As a brigadier, Bajwa served as Chief of Staff at X Corps and has also commanded formation division in Northern Areas as formation commander. As a brigade commander, Bajwa has also commanded a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Congo. He served in Congo as a brigade commander under former Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army Bikram Singh, who was serving there as a division commander. Gen Singh later termed Bajwa's performance there as "professional and outstanding."

In May 2009, he was promoted to the rank of major general. As a major general, Bajwa served as the Force Commander of Gilgit-Baltistan and held the title of the General Officer Commanding.

In August 2011, he was awarded Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military).

Bajwa was an instructor at School of Infantry and Tactics in Quetta, at Command and Staff College in Quetta and at National Defence University, Pakistan.
He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in August 2013 and was installed as Corps Commander X Corps shortly after. He was Grade-I officer during his tenure as Corps Commander X Corps.
In September 2015, he was appointed as the Inspector General of the Training and Evaluation at the GHQ where he was a Principal Staff Officer to then Chief of Army Staff Raheel Sharif

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