Dawn News reports:

General Qamar Javed Bajwa has been appointed as the new chief of Pakistan Army.

He will be promoted to the rank of four-star general.

He would take up his new post from Tuesday, the day the current army chief Raheel Sharif retires.

Lt Gen Bajwa is currently serving as Inspector General of the Training and Evaluation.

Moreover, Lt Gen Zubair Hayat has been appointed the Chairman Joint Chief of Staff Committee.