general qamar javed bajwa

General Qamar Javed Bajwa was born on 11^th November 1960 in a small town of Ghakar Mandi of Gujranwala district in Pakistan. He is the holder of Nishan-e-Imtiaz along with Hilal-e-Imtiaz for his services to the country. He is a four-star rank army general and the current Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army, appointed in this capacity since November 2016 after the completion of term by the former Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Shareef. General Bajwa was educated at the F. G. Sir Syed College, later attending the Gordon College.

Bajwa started his military service in 1978 and was commissioned in 1980 in the Baloch Regiment. Prior to be appointed as the Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan Army, he served at the Army GHQ as the Inspector General of the Training and Evaluation from 2015–16 and as field commander of the X Corps from 2013 to 2015 which is responsible for the area along the Line of Control. In addition, he also served as a peacekeeper in the UN mission in Congo as a Brigadier and served as the brigade commander in 2007.

In November 2016, Bajwa was promoted to the rank of four star general and was appointed as the 16th Chief of the Army Staff of the Pakistan Army by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, succeeding Raheel Sharif. It is believed that his pro-democracy track record and views played a key role in his appointment for the COAS slot. Reuters reported that he was selected because of his low-profile personality.