Condolences have been pouring in following the death of CDS Bipin Rawat in a helicopter crash, Pakistan army’s top brass also expressed their condolences following the news of Rawat’s passing.
Pakistan Army’s spokesman in a short statement posted on Twitter said that Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Nadeem Raza and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa expressed condolences.
“General Nadeem Raza, CJCSC & General Qamar Javed Bajwa, COAS express condolences on tragic death of #CDS General #BipinRawat, his wife and loss of precious lives in a helicopter crash in India,” Pakistan Armed Forces spokesperson Major General Babar Iftikhar tweeted.
Pakistan Army Chief Bajwa and General Bipin Rawat knew each other very well from their days in UN peacekeeping missions.
Both General Rawat and General Bajwa were involved in the UN peacekeeping mission in 2008. He was posted to the Congo, which was battling the African Civil War. General Rawat was given the task of leading the North Kiev Brigade of Congo under the peace mission, while General Bajwa led the South Kiev Brigade based in Bukavu.
The two Kivu brigades were under the Eastern Divison then commanded by former army chief General Bikram Singh.
Major Adil Raja, a retired officer of the Pakistan Army also condoled the death of General Rawat.
“It’s the decent thing to do as a soldier. Again, sorry for your loss sir. In our Punjabi folklore they say, “dushman maray te khushian na manawoo, kadday sajna v mar jaana” Means: “Don’t celebrate the deaths of your enemies as some day friends would also die,” Major Raja wrote on Twitter while responding to an Ex-Indian Army Officer.
