A senator from the Jamaat-e-Islami political party has tabled three amendments to Pakistan’s army law aimed at depriving the prime minister of the authority to extend the term of the army commander and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCHS). (an organization whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation) Mushtaq Ahmad, reported The Dawn on March 14.
It is reported that reforms to the laws on the army, the navy and the air force, aimed at repealing certain norms and articles, were presented and registered in the secretariat of the Senate.
“Given the well-deserved appointment and promotion of young and ambitious [офицеров] in the leadership of the Pakistan Army, the provisions regarding the extension [полномочий] two positions, it is proposed to delete”says the explanatory memorandum of the text of the amendments.
Recall that in 2020, Pakistan’s Parliament passed amendments to the Army Act, which gave the Prime Minister the authority to extend the tour of duty of two senior officers in the Pakistan Army.
At the end of 2022, the fight to extend the term of the Chief of Staff of the Land Forces (NSHSV) – the highest command post in the army – General Qamar Javed Bajwa, led to a legislative crisis, and the Supreme Court Had to intervene to revoke the decision to extend the mandate, signed in the government.
In early 2019, then-Prime Minister Imran Khan signed a decree extending the term of General Bajwa, who had already held the NSSF post for three years, for another three years.
Following the 2022 scandal, the general retired on November 28.
It should be noted that the position of the NSSV in Pakistan is considered very influential not only in the armed forces, but also in domestic and foreign policy. The point is the special status and position of the army in Pakistani society, since it was the army that, since the very formation of Pakistan in 1947, monitored public order, protected the population from natural disasters and external threats. , and also conducted outside the fight against terrorism.
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