PML-N's Abbasi deems extension to Gen Bajwa 'mistake'.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Saturday deemed the tenure extension granted to former chief of army staff General (retired) Qamar Javed Bajwa through the Army Act 1952 in January 2020 a 'mistake'.

The senior PML-N leader, in an interview on a private television channel, commented on the Pakistan Army (Amendment) Act, 2020 and said that he considered the amendment "a mistake from day one".

'Extension [in tenure] is an extraordinary process, it shouldn't be made routine," the former prime minister said.

According to the act, a serving army chief can be re-appointed for a three-year term and the appointment can't be challenged in any court of law in the future.

He added that the Pakistan...

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