Ex-army chief Gen (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa suffered head injury after falling at his residence on Tuesday morning and was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), according to family sources.
"Qamar Bajwa fell in the washroom of his house around 4:30am on Tuesday," said the family sources.
They said that the former army chief sustained head injuries and is currently under treatment in the ICU.
General (retd) Qamar Bajwa served as Chief of Army Staff (COAS) from 2016 to 2022 and retired from office on November 29, 2022.
Prior to his appointment as COAS, he served at the General Headquarters (GHQ) as Inspector General of Training and Evaluation. He also held key positions in the 10 Corps as a lieutenant colonel, where he served as a General Staff Officer (GSO).
Bajwa served with a United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo as a brigade commander. He also served as Commandant of the Infantry School in Quetta.
Gen (retd) Bajwa belongs to the infantry’s Baloch Regiment, which has produced three army chiefs: Gen Yahya Khan, Gen Mirza Aslam Beg and Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani.
