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General Qamar makes it to Forbes' 'Most Powerful People of 2018' list

COAS termed as one of the 75 people who 'make the world turn'

News Desk May 10, 2018

Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa. PHOTO: ISPR

Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa has been ranked 68 on Forbes' 2018 list of 'The World's Most Powerful People'.

According to the magazine, four factors were taken into account to select each individual: how many people over whom they have power; the financial resources they control; if they have influence in more than one sphere; and how actively they wield their power to change the world.

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75 people "who make the world turn" are featured in the 2018 list. General Bajwa is a newcomer to the list along with Saudia Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salmanm who ranks at number 8, and France's President Emmanuel Macron, who ranks number 12.

According to Forbes, General Bajwa, once served in Congo under the ex-chief of the Indian army, who praised the army chief's professionalism.

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On top of the list is China's Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China. Russian President Vladimir Putin ranked number two on the list, dropping down a spot on the list while US President Donald Trump takes the number three spot. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is on the fourth spot.

COMMENTS (2)

Farman ullah MARWAT | 6 years ago | Reply Proud on you Bajwa

Agrippa - the Skeptic | 6 years ago | Reply Pakistan deserves to be a successful democratic nation. For it to reach its deserved destiny, General Bajwa should and cannot be a power center. The power structure should be: Civilian Government - under which the Armed Forces are one of the set of institutions of the state. The Commanding General of the Army is one of the leading officers of an institution of the State. A / The General has no place as a power center. And, if this IS the case, the democracy is either a farce or in danger - nothing to be proud of.

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