Army Chief | MCQs

Explanation

Know everything about Musharraf

Born: Delhi (August 11, 1943)

Graduated: Pakistan Military Academy at Kakul (1964)

Appointed chief of army staff: October 1998

Appointer: Nawaz Sharif

Musharraf became 10th president of Pakistan in 2001 until 2008.

Coup: October 12, 1999 (declared a state of emergency)

In June 2001, Musharraf became the president of Pakistan.

In 2006, Musharraf’s autobiography titled In the Line of Fire was published.

In March 2007, Musharraf suspended then chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.

Musharraf imposed a state of emergency on November 3, 2007.

Resigned from his position of army chief November 2007

Replacer: General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani

Musharraf lifted the emergency on December 15, 2007.

In 2010, Musharraf launched his political party — All Pakistan Muslim League (APML).

He flew to Dubai on March 17, 2016

On December 17, 2019, a special court handed Musharraf death sentence in the high treason case (only military ruler to be sentenced to death)

Died: 5 February 2023

Dying place: Dubai, UAE

Disease: amyloidosis

Aged: 79

Buried: Karachi

Explanation

General Qamar Javed Bajwa retires on November 29 after the completion of his six-year tenure

Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa was Becomes the 10th COAS from 29 November 2016 to 29 November 2022.

In 2018 he was ranked 68th in the Forbes list of the World's Most Powerful People

Born: 11 November 1960 (age 62) Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Appointed by: Nawaz Sharif

Predecessor: General Raheel Sharif

ALL IMPORTANT QUESTION RELATED TO "QAMAR JAVED BAJWA""

General Qamar Javed Bajwa Commissioned: 1980 (16th Battalion)

Got an extension of 3 years: 2019

Unit: 16th Baloch regiment

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Operation Radd ul Fasaad was started by Army Chief Qamar Javed Bajwa on?

 February 22, 2017 ✔

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Which among the following conferred the Order of the Union medal on General Qamar Javed Bajwa in August 2022?

Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan ✔

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Which country awarded Qamar Javed Bajwa King Abdulaziz Medal in June 2022?

Saudi Arabia ✔

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Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa was awarded a _________ for the promotion of Defence ties between Pakistan and Turkey on 20th June 2017.

Legion of Merit ✔

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Explanation

On 20 May 2025, the federal cabinet approved the promotion of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir to Field Marshal.

For ensuring the security of the country and defeating the enemy based on the high strategy and courageous leadership of the Battle of Truth, Operation Bunyan-um-Marsoos

Additional Information:

The rank of Field Marshal is the highest rank of armies built on the patron of the British Army.

It may be noted that after his promotion, Gen Asim Munir will become the country’s second field marshal only after Field Marshal Ayub Khan.

Explanation

PM Imran Khan extended by three years the tenure of 59-year-old Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa,

who was set to retire on 29 November 2019.

Explanation

The President of Pakistan acted on the advice of the Prime Minister of Pakistan to extend the tenure of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) by three years. 

Explanation

Know everything about Musharraf

Born: Delhi (August 11, 1943)

Graduated: Pakistan Military Academy at Kakul (1964)

Appointed chief of army staff: October 1998

Appointer: Nawaz Sharif

Musharraf became 10th president of Pakistan in 2001 until 2008.

Coup: October 12, 1999 (declared a state of emergency)

In June 2001, Musharraf became the president of Pakistan.

In 2006, Musharraf’s autobiography titled In the Line of Fire was published.

In March 2007, Musharraf suspended then chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.

Musharraf imposed a state of emergency on November 3, 2007.

Resigned from his position of army chief November 2007

Replacer: General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani

Musharraf lifted the emergency on December 15, 2007.

In 2010, Musharraf launched his political party — All Pakistan Muslim League (APML).

He flew to Dubai on March 17, 2016

On December 17, 2019, a special court handed Musharraf death sentence in the high treason case (only military ruler to be sentenced to death)

Died: 5 February 2023

Dying place: Dubai, UAE

Disease: amyloidosis

Aged: 79

Buried: Karachi

Explanation

Know everything about Musharraf

Born: Delhi (August 11, 1943)

Graduated: Pakistan Military Academy at Kakul (1964)

Appointed chief of army staff: October 1998

Appointer: Nawaz Sharif

Musharraf became 10th president of Pakistan in 2001 until 2008.

Coup: October 12, 1999 (declared a state of emergency)

In June 2001, Musharraf became the president of Pakistan.

In 2006, Musharraf’s autobiography titled In the Line of Fire was published.

In March 2007, Musharraf suspended then chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.

Musharraf imposed a state of emergency on November 3, 2007.

Resigned from his position of army chief November 2007

Replacer: General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani

Musharraf lifted the emergency on December 15, 2007.

In 2010, Musharraf launched his political party — All Pakistan Muslim League (APML).

He flew to Dubai on March 17, 2016

On December 17, 2019, a special court handed Musharraf death sentence in the high treason case (only military ruler to be sentenced to death)

Died: 5 February 2023

Dying place: Dubai, UAE

Disease: amyloidosis

Aged: 79

Buried: Karachi

Explanation

Syed Asim Munir Ahmed HI(M)  is a Pakistani army general

and the current Chief of Army Staff since 29 November 2022 after his retirement from the Army on 27 November 2022

 Gen Munir will be the 17th army chief to assume the command of the Pakistan Army

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