The Pakistan government on Friday initiated the process in Parliament to extend and fix the retirement age of chiefs of the armed forces and pave way for the extension of incumbent Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minister for Defence Pervez Khattak tabled in the National Assembly, Lower House of Parliament, three bills the Pakistan Army Act 2020, the Pakistan Navy 2020 and the Pakistan Air Force 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The bills, pertaining to the tenure of the three services chiefs, were approved unanimously by the committee and will be presented for approval in the National Assembly on Saturday, the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senator Azam Swati was quoted as saying in the Dawn newspaper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new laws propose to fix 64 as the maximum age limit of the three services chiefs – chief of army staff, chief of air staff and chief of naval staff and the chairman of the joint chief of staff committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It says that the Prime Minister would have powers to grant extension to any of them in future after completion of their normal tenure at the age of 60 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier, the ruling PTI government and the Opposition parties reached a rare agreement over the proposed amendments to the Army Act to fix the tenure and extension of service of Army chief General Bajwa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prime Minister Imran Khan had extended 59-year-old Gen Bajwa\u2019s tenure through a notification on August 19. However, the Supreme Court in November suspended the government order, citing irregularities in the manner the army chief, a close confidant of Khan, was granted an extension.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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