ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has convened separat
e meetings with freshly appointed
Chief of the Arm
y Staff (COAS) Qamar Javed Bajwa and Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) Zubair Mehmood Hayat.
According to media reports, the prime minister’s spokesperson reported that the premier congratulated both the fresh appointees and ex
pressed confidence in the two. Nawaz also called on Pres
ident Mamnoon Hussain at the Pres
ident House to take him in confidence over the appointments.
Th
e meeting came in after Nawaz returned from Turkmenistan concluding his two-day visit and briefed the pres
ident over his visit.