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Who is Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa? (Chief of Army Staff Pakistan)

Shahzad F. Malik

August 19, 2019

Who is Gen Bajwa?

General Bajwa, Nishan-i-Imtiaz (Military), was commissioned in 16 Baloch Regiment on October 24, 1980. He is a graduate of the Canadian Forces Command and Staff College, Toronto; Naval Post Graduate University, Monterey, California, USA; and National Defence University, Islamabad.

He has been an instructor at the School of Infantry and Tactics, Quetta; Command and Staff College, Quetta; and NDU. He has also served as the brigade major of an infantry brigade and Chief of Staff of Rawalpindi Corps.

He has commanded 16 Baloch Regiment, an infantry brigade, and infantry division in Northern Areas Commander FCNA. He has also commanded the Pakistan contingent in Congo.

General Qamar Javed Bajwa Public image

Bajwa is an avid reader and has keen interest in the history of Europe.

He enjoys cricket and was himself a good sportsman who used to play cricket as a wicket-keeper.

He is reported to be a military man with no interest in politics and the one who remains well-connected with the junior officers and troops, and does not seek attention and protocol.

Medals / Awards

Service Medals
	10 Years Service Medal
	20 Years Service Medal
	30 Years Service Medal
	35 Years Service Medal
	40 Years Service Medal
Non-operational Military Awards
	Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Order of Excellence Military)
	Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Crescent of Excellence)
Commemorative Medal
	Qarardad-e-Pakistan Tamgha (Resolution Day Golden Jubilee Medal)
	Tamgha-e-Istaqlal (Escalation versus India Medal)
	Hijri Tamgha (Hijri Medal)
	Tamgha-e-Jamhuriat (Democracy Medal)
	Independence Day Golden Jubilee Medal
	Tamgha-e-Baqa (Nuclear Test Medal)
Foreign Awards
	Order of the Military Merit (Jordan)
	Legion of Merit of Turkey

Effective dates of promotion

Promotions
Insignia	Rank	Date
	Second Lieutenant	(1980)
	First Lieutenant	(1983)
	Captain	(1987)
	Major	(1992) Major Bajwa briefly served in the 5th Northern Light Infantry Regiment in Kashmir
	Lieutenant Colonel	(1997) Staff Officer X Corps.
	Colonel	(2001)
	Brigadier	(2005) Chief of Staff (COS) at X Corps, later commanded the Pakistan Armed Forces-Africa Command, attached to the UN peacekeeping mission MONUSCO, in Congo
	Major-General	( May 2009) Major-General Bajwa took command of the Force Command Northern Areas (FCNA) as its GOC, stationed in Gilgit-Baltistan.
	Lieutenant-General	(14 August 2013), he was promoted to three-star rank and posted as field commander of the X Corps , stationed in Rawalpindi.
	General	(28 November 2016), Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif eventually promoted him to four star rank and was announced as the Chief of Army Staff.

One response to “Who is Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa? (Chief of Army Staff Pakistan)”

Aijaz Bugti

August 19, 2019

Congratulatios ? extension of three years in the service of General Qamar Javaid Bajwa with heart and soul. I know very well about the Bajwa caste of the Jat race people. Choudhaty Muhammad Hassan Bajwa was living in our village Kot Nawab District Sanghar sindh province was Best friend of the grand father of my father Rais Umaid Ali khan Bugti. He gave advice to his friend to try his best for the better education of children . The son of choudhaty Muhammad Hassan Bajwa , Choudhaty Bashir Ahmed Banwa was best friend of my grandfather Rais Ali Nawaz Khan Bugti . His son Brigadier ( Rtd ) Saud Bashir Ahmed Bajwa is also friend of my father as usual. We know , very much about Bajwas because they are loyal friends and most brave in the Jat race of Punjabi speaking community . I am hopeful , under the command of General Qamar Javaid Bajwa , we should conquer Delhi and remove the Hindutva idealogy from the rest of map of the earth once for all . I am keeping hopes towards General Qamar Javaid Bajwa , he should try best himself to absorb the rest of the Balochs tribes into the pakistani nation’s harmony idealogy and to improve the Balochs to remain altogether with pakistani society step to step . I am hopeful , under the General Qamar Javaid Bajwa command , Balochs tribes people’s could get remedy and freedom from the rest of the Sarsdar system and culture . I am looking forward to seeing the new Dawn of development and integrity in Pakistan because I know very well about the Bajwa caste people , they’re sincere and honest as well as loyal to theirs friend and I hope people’s of Pakistan should be improve the quality and status and standard of living in pakistani society. As a member of Balochs tribes caste nobles family member , I should feel proud to myself , if I could do something to strengthen the National harmony and establishment of peace in balochistan . I am intending to inform General Qamar Javaid Bajwa with the great sorrow , mostly managed coins are in the pocket of Pakistani establishment and ” B ” team of Anti Pakistan elements are altogether with establishment in shape of the helper of Pakistan who’s loyalties are inversely proportional to the anti Pakistan elements. Try to identify the friend and foe and try to understand differentiate amongst Horses and donkeys . Balochistan maybe a cancer for rest of Pakistan if you could not tried to treat Balochs with the honor . Because Balochs are not crazy for wealth but honour .

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