Maj. Gen. (Retd) Amir Azeem Bajwa — former Director General SCO — has been appointed the Member Technical at Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, while Dr. Khawar Saddique Khokhar is made the Member Compliance, we have confirmed with sources.

According to sources, the notification for the appointment of members has been issued, however, Chairmanship of Gen. Amir Bajwa isn’t notified as of yet.

But, as are the nroms, Gen. Bajwa is to be notified as the Chairman of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, the sources said.

“Member Technical is usually the chairman of the authority, and hence its only matter of time that the appointment is notified officially”, confirmed us a high level government official.

Gen. Amir Bajwa will replace Muhammad Naveed, originally the member finance, who had been Chairman of PTA on adhoc basis since November 13, 2017.

Dr. Khawar Khokhar, on the other hands, will fill the slot vacated by Mr. Abdul Samad.

According to the sources, 17 candidates were shortlisted and interviewed by a committee to fill both the slots.