‘Pray for Pakistan’, COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa tells pilgrims during Hajj


MAKKAH, July 12 (SABAH): Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa asked pilgrims to pray for Pakistan’s prosperity during Hajj in Makkah.

The chief of army staff, wearing a white shalwar kameez, was surrounded by Pakistani pilgrims as they rushed to take selfies with the top-ranking military official.

In response to the army chief’s request for prayers for Pakistan, the people said: “May God grant you a long life.”

In the video, General Qamar Javed Bajwa can be seen meeting people without any protocol and allowing them to take pictures with him.

Prominent Pakistani personalities, including JUI-F Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Allama Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi, PPP leader Sharmila Farooqui, and pacer Shoaib Akhtar, are in Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj.