Too Soon To Say Something About General Bajwa’s Extension In Tenure: Prime Minister Imran Khan

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Too soon to say something about General Bajwa’s extension in tenure: Prime Minister Imran Khan

The army chief’s service tenure is set to end in November and Bajwa already rebuffed about the extension in his service.

ISLAMABAD- (Pakistan Point News-21st March 2019) Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that it is much earlier to talk about extension in tenure of General Qamar Javed Bajwa as chief of army staff.

Khan said this while responding to a question regarding extension in tenure of Bajwa during a meeting with the delegation of All Pakistan Newspapers Society. The APNS delegation met the prime minister at his office on Thursday.

A local tv reported that the PM said that Bajwa’s extension matter had so far not come under consideration. It was to earlier to talk about it, he added.

The army chief’s service tenure is set to end in November and he already rebuffed about the extension in his service.

Pointing out the worst condition of the economy when he took charge as prime minister, he said bringing improvement in the economy was his top priority.

The PM said the Indian premier Modi’s rating was going down in the poll surveys. Modi, he said, could again take the risk to throw the region into war just to get some benefit in the elections. He said Pakistan was ready to face any situation and will respond befittingly.

He said Nawaz Sharif and Asif Zardari were playing politics now. They both looted the country in the past and now they started crying when their loot was exposed.

He said NAB was working independently and there was no pressure of government on it.

Iftikhar Alam

Iftikhar Alam Cheema is a Lahore based journalist. He writes on politics, religion, environment, culture, and art.