The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) of Pakistan, General Asim Munir on Friday visited the Police Lines area where the tragic suicide bombing took place on Monday this week and claimed over 100 lives, Geo News reported.
Pakistan Former Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa, as the outgoing army chief of Pakistan had committed to keeping the force away from politics. However, his successor General Asim Munir is doing quite the opposite, Policy Research Group (Poreg) reported.
"I hope the serving army chief would ensure transparent general elections. The amount of power that the military has is not possessed by any other institution," the PTI chief said.
Former Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane on Wednesday repudiated former Pakistan Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa's diction that the 1971 Bangladesh war debacle was a political defeat and not the defeat of the Pak military.
In response to the barbed remarks of newly appointed Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir on India, defence expert Qamar Agah said that Pakistan has made this kind of statement in the past as well in order to divert attention.
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Friday directed his party leaders to "Please ensure there is no criticism of the new Chief and Army Staff."
TTP ended the ceasefire agreed with the government in June and ordered fighters to stage attacks across the country, the Dawn newspaper reported on Monday.
President Arif Alvi on Thursday signed the summary and approved the appointment of Lieutenant General Asim Munir as the next Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and Lt Gen Sahir Shamshad Mirza as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff committee (CJCSC).
Former White House official, Lisa Curtis said that former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's return to power, or not, will not have much impact on the future of Washington-Islamabad relations as such decisions in the South Asian nation are taken by the army chief, not the Prime Minister.
Assuring a "logical conclusion" for the report related to the leak of Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa's income tax records, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar shared that people behind the leak have been identified.