Who expanded in the history of the Pakistani army and who rejected the expansion?

Who expanded in the history of the Pakistani army and who rejected the expansion?

Who expanded in the history of the Pakistani army and who rejected the expansion?: Prime Minister Imran Khan's three-year extension to the term of Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa will be formally implemented in the last week of November this year after his current term ends.

With the Prime Minister's decision, General Qamar Javed Bajwa has become the fifth head of the Pakistani army to extend the term.

Earlier, two military commanders, General Zia-ul-Haq and General Pervez Musharraf, had been expanding themselves as army chief and head of state.

Subsequently, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and General Qamar Javed Bajwa announced the extension of their tenure by former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and current Prime Minister Imran Khan respectively.

Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has the honor of appointing six of the 16 army chiefs to the Chief of Army Staff, but he has not extended anyone to the post.

The prospects of this decision were being shown before the formal announcement of the extension of service for General Qamar Javed Bajwa, who became Army Chief in November 2016.

Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, under the aegis of Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa, was sent home disqualified by the Supreme Court and later, he and his daughter, Maryam Nawaz, were also jailed in the wake of the judgment of the accountability court. ۔

During General Bajwa's tenure, the general elections of the army-supervised year 2018 were held, and as a result, the government of PTI came under Imran Khan's prime ministership.

Prior to General Qamar Javed Bajwa, there was also a dispute over the extension of service for Army Chief General Raheel Sharif.

Between August and September 2016, banners and play cards were distributed in the streets of Islamabad and Karachi in favor of extending their tenure, with the slogan "Let the words go" with their picture. ۔

At that time, there was talk in the slave rotation of power that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was also sent messages by Raheel Sharif to extend the term, which has been confirmed recently by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's daughter Maryam Nawaz.

General Kayani, the first Army chief to receive an extension from the civilian government

General Raheel Sharif's predecessor, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, was given a three-year extension on July 22, 2010.

The expansion was announced by then Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in a speech to the nation.

Recently, former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was asked who asked you to extend the tenure of General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani. He said that General Kayani's term was extended three months before the formal announcement. Was taken

The general impression was that the United States had played a role in the expansion of General Kayani, but former Prime Minister Gilani denied it and said that the decision was made in consultation with the then President Asif Ali Zardari.

Call it history repression or something else that Yusuf Raza Gilani, who extended a three-year extension from his pen to former Army Chief General Kayani, could not complete a five-year term as prime minister and in view of the Supreme Court's decision Former president Asif Ali Zardari has completed his term as president for five years.

On November 29, 2007, when General Musharraf left his post as Army Chief, he appointed General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani as Army Chief. General Musharraf still considers this decision a major reason for his departure from power.

Prior to General Kayani, General Musharraf held the rank of Army Chief.

General Pervez Musharraf, the other Army Chief who expanded himself

Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was appointed Army Chief on October 6, 1998, after the resignation of the then Army Chief General Jahangir Karamat.

After the Kargil conflict in May 1999, the Prime Minister and the Army Chief were dissolved.

In October 1999, Nawaz Sharif, using his powers, announced the appointment of General Ziauddin Khawaja as Army Chief on a return trip from General Pervez Musharraf, but General Musharraf had already prepared his plan. Had done.

General Shahid Aziz has written in his book 'Where To Silence', how General Pervez Musharraf instructed General Aziz, General Mahmood and the then DGMI General Ehsan before going abroad that Nawaz Sharif In the event of their removal from the government, you have the authority to impose martial law on all of them.

The wind is the same. Musharraf was in the air, but the generals took action on the ground.

As a result, Pervez Musharraf remained in office for nine years, a month and 23 days, and extended himself as army chief.

General Cucumber, who rejected the expansion

Before General Musharraf and General Jehangir Karamat, General Abdul Waheed Kakar was the Army Chief. He was posted on January 11, 1993.

Although he was appointed to Nawaz Sharif's first term in office, the appointment was made to the President from the panel listed in the list of officers sent by the Prime Minister under the then law.

Waheed Kakar was appointed Army Chief by President Ghulam Ishaq Khan. When General Kakar became an umpire in a dispute between Ghulam Ishaq Khan and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, both had to go home and after the new elections, Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto came to power.

Shortly after Benazir Bhutto came to power, General Waheed Kakar's retirement approached, and he was offered an extension which he did not accept.

Until now, General Waheed Kakar has been the only officer in the Pakistan Army who has not accepted the extension offer and retired on January 12, 1996.

Before receiving the post of General Waheed Kakar, General Asif was the Chief of Army Staff, who was appointed on August 16, 1991, in consultation with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

But he remained Army Chief for only 145 days a year and died suddenly as Army Chief, thus avoiding any extension dispute.

General Aslam Beg, who did not get the extension despite the wish

Earlier, General Aslam Beg became Army Chief after the death of General Zia ul Haq's plane on August 17, 1989.

At that time, Ghulam Ishaq Khan was the interim president who held general elections in the country, which resulted in Benazir Bhutto becoming prime minister.

As a result of his departure from power after fighting with his establishment, Nawaz Sharif came to power after the general election and shortly after his arrival, General Asif Nawaz was appointed new army chief.

It is said that General Aslam Beg was very much in awe of Nawaz Sharif over his hopes of expanding his job.

General Zia-ul-Haq, the first Army Chief to extend himself

Before General Aslam Beg, General Zia ul Haq was the Army Chief who was appointed Army Chief by Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto on March 1, 1976.

These General Zia removed Bhutto from power and remained the army chief for 12 consecutive 169 days, until his death, after taking over the government.

General Zia held the post of Army Chief for the longest time in the history of Pakistan.

General Zia was the first army chief in the Pakistani army who extended his term of service and narrated the Army's extension as army chief.

Prior to General Zia, Bhutto's army chief was General Taka Khan, who had been army chief for just one day and retired for four years.

Before the command of General Taka Khan, the post of commander-in-chief was known as Commander-in-Chief.

From 1947 to 1972, the Pakistan Army had six commanders, including General Frank Messerway, General Douglas Gracie, General Ayub Khan, General Musa Khan, General Yahya Khan, and General Gul Hasan Khan.

The two most controversial were General Ayub Khan and General Yahya.

General Ayub because he dismissed the government at the behest of Governor-General Iskandar Mirza, and then fired Alexander himself.

General Ayub Khan was the country's first local commander in chief. In those days, the commander-in-chief's job was four years. After the departure of the Bogra government, Ayub Khan Kushna received a further extension of four years in 1955 as Commander-in-Chief.

That is, it was the first time that the unwanted tradition of extension of service by the head of the army was introduced into the army.

In June 1958, when the second extension was pending for a year, he received another two years' advance from Feroz Khan Nun's government under the pressure of President Alexander Mirza, though Major General Nawabzada Gen Sher Ali, the next commander of Feroz Khan Nun. Khan was looking at Pataudi and said that Altaf Gohar, Commander In chief Ayub Khan, did not have this.

In fact, by that time, there had been deep friendship between Iskandar Mirza and General Ayub. President Alexander Mirza was seen as a very loyal aide to Ayub.

That is why Iskandar Mirza instructed Ayub Khan first martial law, which he acted on October 7, 1958, and made the political government of the present run, but within days there were misunderstandings in Iskandar Mirza and Ayub Khan.

On this, General Ayub Khan sent a squad of military officers to the house of Iskandar Mirza. He was taken to sleep on the night and on October 27, 1958, he resigned as President.

The man who extended the job to Ayub Khan was sent home.

General Ayub is also accused of calling himself a Field Marshal after the 1965 war, but General Ayub handed over the command of the commander-in-chief to General Musa on October 27, 1958, despite being a military dictator.

Later, on September 18, 1966, Yahya Khan took office. General Ayub Khan's grip on power was weakened and Yahya Khan sent him home on March 31, 1969, and seized power.

General Yahya Khan himself would have remained in the seat of power and commander in chief if East Pakistan had not become Bangladesh on December 16, 1971.

The defeat in East Pakistan forced Yahya Khan to go home on December 20, 1971, otherwise, his name might have been included in the list of extension takers in history.