<P> The Chief of Army Staff (Urdu: سربراہ پاک فوج ‎) (reporting name: COAS), is a military appointment and statutory office held by the four - star rank army general in the Pakistan Army, who is appointed by the Prime Minister of Pakistan and final confirmation by the President of Pakistan . </P> <P> The Chief of Army Staff is a senior most appointment in the Pakistani military who is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee in a separate capacity, usually consulting with the Chairman joint chiefs to act as a military adviser to the Prime Minister and its civilian government in the line of defending the land borders of the country . The Chief of Army Staff exercise its responsibility of command and control of the operational, combatant, logistics, and training commands within the army, in contrast to the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army . Due to its statue, the Chief of Army Staff have been instrumental in enforcing martial laws against the civilian government due to the meltdown of a civil - military relations in the past decades . </P> <P> The appointment, in principle, is constitutionally subjected to be for three years but extension may be granted from the approval and recommendations of the Prime Minister by the President . The Chief of Army Staff is based in the Army GHQ, and the current Chief of Army Staff is General Qamar Javed Bajwa, serving in this capacity since 29 November 2016 </P> <P> Prior to creation of Pakistan from the partition of India on 14 August of 1947, the senior military general officer commanding of the Pakistan Army were the ad - hoc appointments made by the Army Board of the British Army . </P>

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