Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said he has not yet thought about an extension to Chief of Army Staff Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa’s tenure as there is still time for his term to end, according to a media report on Friday.

Talking about the contentious issue of the extension in Bajwa’s tenure, Prime Minister Khan said that he enjoyed an unprecedented relationship with the military leadership, the Dawn newspaper reported. “The current year has just started and November is far away. Then why there is worry about extension in the tenure of the army chief,” the prime minister was quoted as saying. Khan said that he had so far not thought about extension in the tenure of COAS Bajwa. The 61-year-old will serve the post of Army chief till November 28, 2022.