Pakistan’s Supreme Court grants temporary extension to army chief’s term
Pakistan’s top court granted a six-month extension to the term of the army head General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Thursday, after initially blocking a three-year extension of his tenure.
“We leave this matter to parliament to make law regarding this,” Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa said.
In a surprise ruling on Tuesday, the Supreme Court suspended the decision to extend, approved by the government in August, citing a series of irregularities, Reuters reports.
The court also ordered the government and the army to produce legal provisions and detailed arguments on the reasoning behind the move.
Pakistan’s Supreme Court grants temporary extension to army chief’s term
Source: RT