This is how new army chief is appointed in Pakistan

Pakistan’s politics during the past few weeks seems convergent on one issue: appointment of new chief of army staff (COAS) as the government is expected to announce the name next week. Outgoing COAS Qamar Javed Bajwa to retire on November 29. Procedure * According to Clause 3 of Article 243 of the Constitution, the president will appoint the heads of the three-armed forces and the chairman of the joint chief of staff committee on the advice of the prime minister of the country. * As per the procedure mentioned in the Constitution, the Prime Minister Office (PMO) writes a letter and requests a summary from the ministry of defence. * The ministry seeks names of the most senior generals from the outgoing army chief. * Following this, the COAS sends a list comprising names to the premier. * As per the rules of business, for any government appointment, if one post is vacant, three names are sent and if two appointments are to be made, five names are sent. However, currently, two posts including the COAS and chairman of joint chiefs of staff committee get vacant. Hence, the outgoing army chief is expected to refer five names to the prime minister via defence ministry. For two of these key positions, the prime minister will promote two lieutenant generals to generals, and he will send a recommendation to the president to appoint them as army chief and chairman joint chiefs of staff committee. * After the approval of the president, the notification of the appointment of the new army chief and the chairman joint chiefs of staff committee will be issued. Seniority, qualification of officers According to military experts, along with the list of names sent to the prime minister, each officer has a service file which mentions his past service. The seniority of an officer is determined from the date of his commission and that date determines his seniority for life. The army chief has to send a list of five eligible candidates in order of seniority, but traditionally, a Lt. General appointed to the post of the COAS belongs to the fighting corps and have served in a corps for at least a year.
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