Every year international magazine Forbes makes a list of the ‘most powerful’ people in the world. And this year there is a new entry.
Pakistan Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Jawed Bajwa’s name was included by Forbes magazine list as one of the 75 most powerful people in the world.
The army chief is among 17 newcomers in the list along with Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Forbes magazine placed Chinese President Xi Jinping at the top of the list this year, while Russia’s Vladimir Putin was the second most powerful man. US President Donald Trump was ranked third most important personality, while German Chancellor Angela Merkel was ranked fourth. She was the most powerful woman in the world.
General Qamar Bajwa, who was honoured with the Nishan-e-Imtiaz, Hilal-e-Imtiaz, was ranked 68th among a list of 75 people.
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Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff was the only Pakistani in the Forbes’ annual ranking for 2018.
The New York-based bi-weekly magazine noted that Gen. Qamar Bajwa had a “difficult task” on his hands of maintaining peace in Pakistan, where militant groups are present “while managing a complex relationship with India.”
According to the observations made by the Forbes magazine “Two years into his tenure as the head of the world’s sixth largest army, Bajwa has established himself as a mediator and proponent of democracy.”
Forbes’ yearly ranking of The World’s Most Powerful People identifies one person out of every 100 million “whose actions mean the most”.
“There are nearly 7.5 billion humans on planet Earth, but these 75 men and women make the world turn,” the magazine wrote.
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