ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Prime Minister Imran Khan has appointed Lieutenant General Nadeem Raza as the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) with effect from November 27, 2019.
It may be recalled that notification for the reappointment of General Qamar Javed Bajwa as the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) for another three-year tenure has already been issued on August 19, 2019.
Following his appointment as the CJCSC, Lt General Nadeem Raza called on Prime Minister Imran Khan at his Office in Islamabad.
Earlier in the day, the COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa also met the prime minister.
Well informed sources said that three names including Lt General Sarfraz Sattar, Lt General Humayun Aziz, and Lt General Nadeem Raza were on the seniority list, and the prime minister picked the last one.
Lt General Nadeem Raza will replace the CJCSC General Zubair Mahmood Hayat who is set to retire on November 28, 2019.
Lieutenant General Nadeem Raza, HI(M) was commissioned in 10 Sind Regt in Sep 1985. The General Officer is a graduate of Command & Staff College Quetta and NDU Islamabad. He has also attended Inf Coy Command Course in Germany in 1994.
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The General Officer carries with him a varied experience of command, staff and instructional appts. He has been a BM of an Inf Bde, GSO-1 at MO Dte, COS of a Strike Corps.
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On the instructional side, he has been on the faculty of SI&T, C&SC Quetta, and War College Islamabad and Comdt PMA. The General Officer has commanded an Inf Bn, Inf Bde along LOC, Inf Div in South Waziristan and 10 Corps.
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He assumed the appointment of CGS on 10 Sep 2018. He is happily married and blessed with three sons and a daughter.
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