General Qamar Javed Bajwa NI, HI is a Pakistani military officer who is the 10th and current Chief of the Army Staff since 29 November 2016. In 2018, he was ranked as the 68th most influential person in the world by Forbes magazine, which called him de facto the most powerful person in Pakistan.

 

 

Bio
Real Name	Qamar Javed Bajwa
Nickname	Not Known
Profession	Army Personnel
Allegiance	Pakistan
Rank	General
Physical Stats & More
Height	in centimeters- 185 cm in meters- 1.85 m in Feet Inches- 6’ 1”
Weight	in Kilograms- 92 kg in Pounds- 203 lbs
Eye Colour	Brown
Hair Colour	White
Personal Life
Date of Birth	Not Known
Age (as in 2016)	Not Known
Birth Place	Ghakhar Mandi, Punjab, Pakistan
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Not Known
Nationality	Pakistani
Hometown	Ghakhar Mandi, Punjab, Pakistan
School	Not Known
College	Canadian Army Command and Staff College, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California National Defence University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Educational Qualifications	Graduate
Family	Father- Col Muhammad Iqbal Bajwa (officer of Pakistani Army) Mother- Not Known Brother- Not Known Sister- Not Known
Religion	Sunni Islam
Hobbies	Reading, Doing Workouts
Girls, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Married
Affairs/Girlfriends	Not Known
Wife	Not Known
Children	Son- Not Known Daughter- Not Known

 

Some Lesser Known Facts About Qamar Javed Bajwa

• Did Qamar Javed Bajwa smoke?: Not Known

• Did Qamar Javed Bajwa drink alcohol?: Not Known

• He was born to a Pakistani Army Officer Col Muhammad Iqbal Bajwa in Ghakhar Mandi, Punjab, Pakistan.

• His mother died in September 2013.

• His father-in-law was also in Pakistan Army and retired as a Major General.

• On 24 October 1980, he was commissioned in 16 Baloch Regiment and was commissioned in Sind Regiment in 1982.

• In 2007, he commanded a United Nations Peace Keeping Mission in Congo as a brigade commander under former Chief of Army Staff (Indian Army) Bikram Singh. General Singh termed Bajwa’s performance there as “professional & Outstanding”.

• He was awarded Hilal-i-Imtiaz (military) in August 2011.

• He also served as an instructor at school of infantry and tactics in Quetta, Pakistan.

• In 2015, he served as Principal Staff Officer to Raheel Sharif (the then Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan).

• He has an avid experience of handling Kashmir affairs.

• He considers religious extremism a bigger threat to Pakistan’s national security than India.

• He has never been posted to a war zone area and thus lacks the experience of armed conflict.

• He is considered a genuine military man with no interest in politics.

• In November 2016, he was promoted to the rank of 4-star General and was also appointed the 16th Chief of the Army Staff of the Pakistan Army succeeding Raheel Sharif.