rawalpindi pakistan pakistan chief of army staff general qamar javed bajwa on friday said that he will not take an extension and retire after five weeks reports pakistans geo newsthe coas according to the sources said that the army will not play any role in politicsnotably bajwa is set to retire on november 29 this year and all eyes are focused on the appointment of the new army chiefearlier bajwa assured the nation that the armed forces have distanced themselves from politics and want to stay away from it in the future as well he was given a threeyear extension on november 29 2019while addressing the gathering during the lunch at pakistani embassy in washington bajwa said that he will leave after the completion of his second threeyear term in two months dawn reportedthere was speculation that he may get a second extension after a reported meeting between bajwa and pmln supremo nawaz sharif in londonpost the bajwasharif meeting the current discussion on possible successors to bajwa in november could take a new turn the possible successors are corps commander rawalpindi lt gen sahir shamshad mirza lt gen azhar abbas lt gen nauman mahmood raja and lt gen faiz hameedit must be noted that the three officers who are likely to remain in the queue would be corps commander gujranwala muhammad amir and corps commander multan lt gen chiragh haider and isi dg lt gen nadeem ahmed anjum sheikhmoreover the recent promotion of 12 major generals has set the stage for a major reshuffle in pakistans top military brassthe latest promotion was seen as one of the more consequential decisions by chief of army staff gen qamar javed bajwa ahead of his retirement as the 12 promoted officers would form a major chunk of the team that the new chief would inherit in novemberit was rare to see such a big number of promotions to the rank of lieutenant general at one time the promotions in the army had been overdue for almost a year though these elevations are normally said to be based on vacanciesthe 12 newlypromoted generals would be taking up the positions vacated due to the retirement of three lieutenant generals in midoctober 2021 one in july this year and five at the end of september reported dawntwo more generals were promoted in anticipation of the promotion of two lieutenant generals to fill the impending fourstar vacancies due to the upcoming retirement of chairman joint chiefs of staff committee gen nadeem raza and chief of army staff gen qamar javed bajwapromotions at this level in the army are the sole prerogative of the coas but traditionally the chiefs hold informal consultations with other senior generals while taking these decisions reported dawnamong the newlypromoted officers a few of them had worked closely with gen bajwa these officers are vice chief of general staffa gen nauman zikriya dg ispr gen babar iftikhar and dg perspective planning cell gen ayman bilal safdarnearly 20 major generals were superseded in this