General Raheel Sharif
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Gen Raheel Sharif valued partner against terrorism, says US
World | Nov 23, 2016, 01:00 PM ISTThe United States on Tuesday said that it sees Pakistani Army Chief General Raheel Sharif as a valued and respected partner in the war against terrorism.
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Pakistan Army chief General Raheel Sharif visits troops along LoC
World | Oct 09, 2016, 04:45 PM ISTPakistan Army chief General Raheel Sharif today paid a visit to frontline troops deployed along the Line of Control (LoC) and expressed satisfaction over their "operational preparedness". Gen Sharif visited the Haji Pir sector in
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Surgical strikes: Gen Raheel Sharif asks international community to condemn ‘Indian fabrications’
World | Oct 06, 2016, 04:44 PM ISTRejecting Indian Army’s claims of carrying out surgical strikes against terror launch pads in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Pakistan Army Chief General Raheel sharif today asked the international community to condemn the distortion of facts by India.
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Pakistan accuses India's external intelligence agency RAW of 'whipping up terrorism'
World | May 06, 2015, 04:52 PM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has accused India's external intelligence agency RAW of involvement in "whipping up terrorism" in the country.Asif yesterday alleged that Research & Analysis Wing (RAW) was created to destroy Pakistan
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Pakistan army chief warns India ahead of Jaishankar's visit
World | Feb 26, 2015, 11:10 PM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan's powerful army chief General Raheel Sharif today warned India of a “befitting response” to alleged provocation along the Line of Control (LoC), just days before the arrival of Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar here.“Repeated
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Pakistan leaders agree to set up military courts to try terrorists
World | Jan 02, 2015, 10:44 PM ISTIslamabad: After initial reservations, Pakistan's political leaders today agreed to amend the Constitution to set up military courts for speedy trial of terrorists in the aftermath of the deadly Peshawar school attack.The decision was reached
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Time has come for bold decisions: Pakistani Army Chief
World | Dec 25, 2014, 10:31 AM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan Army Chief, General Raheel Sharif, on Wednesday said that the time has come to take bold decisions and to ensure their effective implementation.He vowed that "through unity we will emerge triumphant over the
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Execution of six Pakistani terrorists approved
World | Dec 19, 2014, 12:31 PM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan Army Chief General Raheel Sharif has approved the execution of six terrorists who were sentenced to death by military courts, a media report said Friday."Chief of Army Staff today signed death warrants of
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Pak gets assurance from Kabul on action against militants: Army
World | Dec 18, 2014, 12:43 PM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan today said it has got assurance from Afghanistan and ISAF leadership that they will take action against militants hiding in border areas and believed to be involved in the Peshawar school massacre.Army Chief
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Pak army chief leaves for Kabul to seek Mullah Fazlullah's extradition
World | Dec 17, 2014, 05:34 PM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan army chief General Raheel Sharif today dashed to Afghanistan to seek extradition of Taliban leader Mullah Fazlluah, whose group claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on an army school in Peshawar left 141
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Pakistan Army Chief vows to eliminate all terrorists
World | Dec 17, 2014, 07:16 AM ISTIslamabad: Following the Pakistani Taliban's attack on a school in Peshawar in which scores of people, mostly children, died, Pakistan Army Chief General Raheel Sharif on Tuesday vowed to continue the fight against the militants
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Pak army chief assures China of crackdown on militants
World | Jun 04, 2014, 10:10 PM ISTBeijing: Describing the Uyghur group ETIM as the common enemy of both countries, Pakistan's army chief today assured China that his country will spare no efforts to crush the militants.The East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM)