New Delhi: Here are 10 important things you should know about the newly appointed Pakistan army chief Gen Raheel Sharif:
1. Gen Raheel Sharif is not related to prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
2. Raheel Sharif received his military commission in 1976 and studied military leadership in Germany, Canada and Britain.
3. Raheel Sharif's brother, Major Shabbir Sharif, received two of the country's highest military awards for his action during the 1971 India-Pakistan war in which he was killed.
4. Raheel Sharif is known to be close to tribal affairs minister Lt Gen Abdul Qadir Baloch, a key confidante of the Sharif family.
