Pakistan’s focus to remain on India border under Bajwa

Bajwa will take charge of the world’s sixth-largest army by troop numbers from Pakistan’s outgoing Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif, who paid farewell visits to President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif here on Monday. 

Sharif and Hussain lauded Raheel’s valuable service as army chief and wished him the best for his post-retirement life, Radio Pakistan reported. “The military policy will continue and there will be no immediate change in it (under Bajwa),” Defence Minister Khawaja Asif told Geo News. “The focus will remain on country’s eastern border and the armed forces backed by the nation will meet all challenges,” he said. “The legacy of General Raheel Sharif would continue in the light of the examples he set,” Asif said. 

The Defence Minister expressed hope that the govt and military leadership will continue to work together for the betterment of the country. General Raheel will become the first army chief in more than 20 years to step down at the end of his term.