Geo, Jang, The News first to report appointment of COAS, CJCSC

Editor Investigations The News Ansar Abbasi broke the news;

Jang Group leaves its competitors behind

KARACHI: Geo News – the biggest news channel of Pakistan — maintained its record of being the first to report by sharing with its valued viewers the biggest news report of appointment of Qamar Javed Bajwa as the new Army Chief.

Editor Investigations The News Ansar Abbasi broke the news about the new appointments.

A cascade of greetings and well-wishes followed soon after the nomination of Gen Bajwa as the COAS and General Zubair Hayat as Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee.

Analyses and comments from renowned journalists, keeping the viewers informed of the overall and latest situation, flowed.

Earlier, Geo was also the first to break news about the appointment of General Zubair Hayat as Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee.  Thus, Geo maintained its lead and left its competitors far behind. 

The News and daily Jang shared information with the nation about two top contenders for the offices of Army Chief and Chairman Joints Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) on their front pages in a professional manner on Friday.

Editor Investigations The News Ansar Abbasi had reported that General Bajwa and General Zubair were looking cool and calm.

It was not possible to report information with a certain tone, as the appointment was yet to be made and it would not have been proper to report it in categorical words.  It was being speculated in the media that a summary containing four names had been moved to the premier but this news item also reported a correct fact that the summary in fact contained five names.   These names included Lt Gen Zubair Hayat, Lt Gen Ashfaq Nadeem, Lt Gen Javed Iqbal Ramday, Lt Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and Lt Gen Ikram ul Haq.