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CHIEF OF THE ARMY STAFF (INDIA)

• 27th Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army. General Bipin Rawat assumed office on 31 December 2016

 CHIEF OF THE ARMY STAFF (INDIA)

• Term length – 3 years or at the age of 62, whichever is earlier. (General Bipin Rawat’s age is 61)
• General Bipin Rawat is Going to Superanuate in December 2019 .

CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF (PAKISTAN)

• Term length 3 years – Renewable only once
• Qamar Javed Bajwa is the 10th and current Chief of Army Staff (COAS) of the Pakistan Army since 29 November 2016

MILITARY COUPS IN PAKISTAN

• Pakistan has spent several decades under military rule (1958 – 1971, 1977 – 1988, 1999 – 2008).

PAKISTAN ARMY CHIEF GETS ANOTHER THREE YEARS

• This is the second time in the past decade that a Pakistan Army Chief has got an extension.
• Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, who succeeded Gen Pervez Musharraf as Chief in 2007, was given an extension by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani in 2010.
• Gen Kayani’s successor, Gen Raheel Sharif, was appointed by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, but served only for the traditional three-year term.

WHAT PAK FM SAID

• Pakistan’s Foreign Minister, in an interview to local media, said that the extension was necessary due to the developments in Kashmir and Afghanistan, referring to the Indian government’s revocation of Article 370 in the Valley, and the peace process with the Taliban that Pakistan.

PAKISTAN’S NEXT MOVES

• Imran’s intemperate attacks on India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the aftermath of the withdrawal of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status have indicated frustration and helplessness in Islamabad.
• The Pakistani Establishment is likely to be plotting its next steps in Jammu and Kashmir, which might include pushing in more jihadi terrorists from Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, and possible ISI-directed terror attacks elsewhere in India.

WHAT GENERAL BAJWA SAID

IMRAN KHAN WAS EARLIER AGAINST ARMY CHIEF EXTENSIONS

• Khan is currently grappling with a failing economy, and the public is getting impatient with how things are panning out under the new government, with inflation at 9.41 percent, a five-year high.
• The PM recently changed the finance minister, but as of now, the economic turmoil seems to be continuing unabated. The biggest problem: Pakistan is unable to generate enough revenue to pay its expenses, pushing the country into a debt trap, and forcing it to repeatedly borrow internationally.

WHY IMRAN KHAN PREFERS BAJWA

• There is no guarantee that the next army chief will continue to help Khan in managing domestic political affairs, and so, Bajwa is Khan’s safest bet, given their past ‘collusion’.
• Moreover, under Bajwa, there has been a serious erosion of free speech and independent press, and any dissenting views have been shut out completely, which has also helped Khan’s government.

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