Qamar Javed Bajwa
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General Qamar Javed Bajwa |
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| Born |
11 November 1960 Ghakhar Mandi, Gujranwala District, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Allegiance |
 Pakistan
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| Service/branch |
 Pakistan Army
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| Years of service | 1978 - present |
| Rank |
  General
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| Unit |
 16 Baloch Regiment
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| Commands held |
16th Chief of Army Staff Inspector General of the Training and Evaluation Commander X Corps |
| Awards |
 Hilal-i-Imtiaz Nishan-e-Imtiaz
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General Qamar Javed Bajwa (Urdu: قمر جاوید باجوہ; born 11 November 1960), NI(M), HI(M), is a four-star rank army general and the current Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army, appointed in this capacity since November 2016. Born in Karachi and belonging to Ghakhar Mandi, Bajwa was educated at the F. G. Sir Syed College, later attending the Gordon College.
Bajwa was commissioned in 1980 in the Baloch Regiment. Prior to be appointed as the Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan Army, he served at the Army GHQ as the Inspector General of the Training and Evaluation from 2015–16 and as field commander of the X Corps from 2013 to 2015 which is responsible for the area along the Line of Control at Kashmir. In addition, he also served as a peacekeeper in the UN mission in Congo as a Brigadier and served as brigade commander in 2007.
Bajwa was born on 11 November 1960 in Ghakhar Mandi, Punjab and according to some media reports in Karachi. Sindh to a Punjabi Jat family. His father Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Iqbal Bajwa was an officer of Pakistan Army who died while in service in 1967 in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. His mother died in September 2013. Bajwa's father-in-law Ijaz Amjad was also an Pakistan Army officer who retired as a Major General. Bajwa is the youngest of five siblings.
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