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Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa endorses the punishment of two senior ex-Army officers and one civil officer who is a PhD. employed at a sensitive defense facility.
The officers have been tried under the Pakistan Army Act (PAA) and Official Secret Act by separate Field General Court Martial (FGCM) for separate cases. ex-Lt. General Javed Iqbal has been awarded 14 years rigorous punishment whereas death sentence is awarded to ex-Brigadier Raja Rizwan and Doctor Wasim Akram.
According to ISPR statement no. PR-112/2019-ISPR dated May 30, 2019, "General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) endorsed punishment to two Army and one civil officer on the charges of espionage/ leakage of sensitive information to foreign agencies prejudice to the national security.
This unprecedented move is likely to take the state in altogether different direction. The Armed Forces of Pakistan couldn't have sent a clearer message, and the timing is also very essential when you consider the geo-political conditions of the country with so many anti-state actors jumping to threaten and destabilize the region by hurling baseless and false allegations at the defense forces of the country.
However, a lot more needs to be done. Read the full story here: https://solvingpakistan.blogspot.com/2019/05/after-in-house-cleansing-army-chief.html
The officers have been tried under the Pakistan Army Act (PAA) and Official Secret Act by separate Field General Court Martial (FGCM) for separate cases. ex-Lt. General Javed Iqbal has been awarded 14 years rigorous punishment whereas death sentence is awarded to ex-Brigadier Raja Rizwan and Doctor Wasim Akram.
According to ISPR statement no. PR-112/2019-ISPR dated May 30, 2019, "General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) endorsed punishment to two Army and one civil officer on the charges of espionage/ leakage of sensitive information to foreign agencies prejudice to the national security.
This unprecedented move is likely to take the state in altogether different direction. The Armed Forces of Pakistan couldn't have sent a clearer message, and the timing is also very essential when you consider the geo-political conditions of the country with so many anti-state actors jumping to threaten and destabilize the region by hurling baseless and false allegations at the defense forces of the country.
However, a lot more needs to be done. Read the full story here: https://solvingpakistan.blogspot.com/2019/05/after-in-house-cleansing-army-chief.html
