RAWALPINDI: Pakistan’s Army Chief designate General Qamar Javed Bajwa has “zero presence” on social media and any accounts under his name are fake, the ISPR has clarified.
“#COAS designate Gen Qamar Bajwa has zero presence on social media. All Facebook/Twitter and other social media platforms IDs and accounts on his name are fake,” Lt-Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa, head of the military’s media wing, tweeted on Sunday.
The announcement came just a day after Ge
n Bajwa was appointed as
the country’s new chief of army staff (COAS). He will replace General Raheel Sharif on November 29.
The army’s spokesperson further announced that a formal change of command ceremony will be held on Tuesday at the army’s general headquarters (GHQ) to welcome the incoming chief. According to med
ia reports, newly appointed Chairma
n Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJSC) Gen Zubair Mehmood Ha
yat will take charge on Monday, a day before
the ceremony.