Senate moved to stop extension to services chiefs.

ISLAMABAD -- As many as three separate private member bills seekAing reversal of a law that alAlows either re-appointment or extension in the tenure of all services chiefs and the chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee landed in the Senate Secretariat here on Monday.

Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) SenAator Mushtaq Ahmed subAmitted the Pakistan Army (Amendment) Bill, Pakistan Air Force (Amendment) Bill, and the Pakistan Navy (Amendment) Bill. The lawAmaker has separately subAmitted notices in the office of secretary Senate for movAing amendments in the exAisting laws on the floor of the house.

In January 2020, the parAliament had approved three bills that set a higher retireAment age for the chiefs of the Pakistani Army, Navy and Air Force, allowing the prime minister to extend their terms at his discretion. As a result of one of these laws, then Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa got a three-year exAtension to his services, which was already given to him by former prime minister Imran Khan from November 2019.

The Pakistan Army (AmendAment) Bill seeks to amend the Pakistan Army Act, 1952 by omitting Sections 8B and 8E in the law. Similarly, the PaAkistan Air Force (AmendAment) Bill and Pakistan Navy (Amendment) Bill...