Notebook
For the better part of its history, reporters in Pakistan have been closely watching the relationship between prime ministers and Army chiefs — presence or absence in meetings, tone and tenor, twist and turn, even body language has been analysed to gauge whether the big two in Pakistan are getting along or not.
In November 2019, Prime Minister Imran Khan extended the tenure of General Qamar Javed Bajwa for a period of three years; a vote of confidence in an Army chief widely believed to have helped him to an electoral majority in 2018.