ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has conveyed condolences to the bereaved family of deceased US Senator John McCain, who died on Saturday following a battle with brain cancer at the age of 81.
“McCain was a distinguished war veteran and an accomplished representative of his country. A friend of Pakistan who believed in the great potential of Pak-US relations for the common good of both countries”, the military spokesperson said Monday.
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Earlier, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi expressed his condolences on the passing of US Senator and Pakistan’s friend John McCain.
“Thoughts and prayers of the people of Pakistan are with the family and friends of Senator McCain,” the statement from Foreign Office read.
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“Senator John McCain had an illustrious military and public service career and was admired across the spectrum of US politics as a man of integrity and a champion of civility,” the statement added.
The US senator was a former prisoner of war in Vietnam who ran unsuccessfully for president as a self-styled maverick Republican in 2008.
Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, McCain was a frequent critic of his fellow Republican, Donald Trump, who was elected president in November 2016.
