Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Sept 18: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will name a new Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and visit China in November, according to Pakistan’s Minister of Defense Khawaja Muhammad Asif.
These comments were delivered by the defence minister at a news conference, where he also criticised Imran Khan, the nation’s former prime minister, for trying to stir up controversy over the army chief’s nomination and harm Pakistani interests solely for political reasons, according to Daily Pakistan.
General Qamar Javed Bajwa, who is now in charge of Pakistan’s Army, will step down this year after his three-year extension expires in November. Shehbaz Sharif will travel to China in the first week of November at the request of Chinese President Xi Jingping, according to Minister Khawaja Asif.
He informed the press that Xi had extended the invitation during a meeting in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, that took place concurrently with the SCO summit. The defence minister added that Sharif has also been invited to visit Moscow by Russian President Vladimir Putin and that this visit would also take place.
According to Khawaja Asif, who was quoted by Daily Pakistan and the official TV, Russia has shown a desire to export wheat and gas to Pakistan.
Notably, homes, vehicles, crops, and cattle were destroyed in Pakistan’s disastrous floods as a result of the country’s record monsoon rainfall, causing an estimated $30 billion in damage.
