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  Pakistan can't recall Gen Raheel Sharif from Riyadh: Sartaj Aziz

  World | June 21, 2017 19:02 IST

  Gen Sharif, who remained the Army chief for three years until he retired in November, left for Riyadh in April.

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  Gen. Raheel Sharif leaves for Saudi to lead Islamic military alliance

  World | April 21, 2017 18:55 IST

  The 41-nation armed coalition was initially proposed as a platform for security cooperation among Muslim countries and included provisions for training, equipment and troops, and the involvement of religious scholars for devising a counter- terrorism

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  Pakistan govt agrees to allow Gen Raheel Sharif head Saudi-led military alliance: Report

  World | March 25, 2017 18:04 IST

  Pakistan government has agreed to allow former army chief Gen Raheel Sharif to head a Saudi Arabia-led 39-nation Islamic military coalition formed to combat terrorism.

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  Storm brews in Pakistan over allotment of 90 acres of land to former Army chief Raheel Sharif

  World | January 25, 2017 17:15 IST

  A controversy has erupted in Pakistan over allotment of 90 acres of prime land to former Pakistan Army chief General (retired) Raheel Sharif.

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  Peace will return only after resolution of Kashmir issue: Gen Raheel Sharif

  World | January 19, 2017 19:05 IST

  Former Pakistani Army chief General Raheel Sharif on Thursday said normalcy will return to the region only after the long-standing Kashmir dispute is resolved.

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  Gen Raheel Sharif didn't seek govt’s approval to join Saudi alliance, says Pak Defence Minister

  World | January 11, 2017 19:05 IST

  Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif today said that former Army chief General Raheel Sharif did not seek the Nawaz Sharif government’s permission to join the 39-country Saudi-led military alliance against terrorism.

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  Raheel Sharif's appointment as head of Saudi-led Islamic military coalition sparks controversy

  World | January 11, 2017 11:16 IST

  Pakistan's ex-army chief General Raheel Sharif appointed as the head of the Saudi Arabia-led 39-nation Islamic military alliance to combat terrorism has sparked a debate in his own country.

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  Former Pak Army chief Raheel Sharif appointed head of Saudi-led Islamic military coalition

  World | January 07, 2017 6:40 IST

  Retired Pakistan Army chief Gen. Raheel Sharif has been appointed as the head of Saudi Arabia-led 39-nation Islamic military coalition formed to combat terrorism.

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  Pak’s former army chief Raheel Sharif named chief of Islamic military alliance

  World | January 06, 2017 23:42 IST

  Pakistan’s former army chief General Raheel Sharif (retd) was today appointed the chief of the 39-nation Islamic military coalition to combat terrorism. Speaking during a talk show on Geo TV, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif admitted

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  Pakistan’s former army chief Raheel Sharif may be appointed defence advisor of Saudi Arabia-led military alliance

  World | December 29, 2016 23:48 IST

  Pakistan’s former army chief General (retd) Raheel Sharif is expected to be appointed defence advisor of a Saudi Arabia-led military alliance of 39 countries, according to a media report. Sharif, who arrived in Saudi Arabia

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  Gen. Raheel Sharif helped me out in leaving Pakistan: Pervez Musharraf

  World | December 20, 2016 12:52 IST

  Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharaff has claimed that ex-army chief General Raheel Sharif helped him leave the country in March this year.

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  General Qamar Bajwa takes over as Pakistan's new Army Chief

  World | November 29, 2016 14:26 IST

  General Qamar Javed Bajwa today took over as Pakistan's new Army Chief, succeeding Gen Raheel Sharif at a ceremony held in Rawalpindi.

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  Don’t mistake patience as weakness: Gen. Raheel Sharif to India

  World | November 29, 2016 14:07 IST

  Pakistan's outgoing Army Chief General Raheel Sharif today handed over the command of the army to the incoming Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa.

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  Rattled by Army’s offensive, Pakistan PM, military chiefs vow to teach India a 'lesson'

  World | November 24, 2016 19:12 IST

  Both the civilian and military leadership of Pakistan on Thursday warned that its armed forces were capable of teaching India "a lesson" if the border tension escalates.

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  ‘Positive decision’, Pakistan’s media react to Raheel Sharif’s farewell tweet

  World | November 22, 2016 16:51 IST

  Pakistan’s media went into a frenzy following a tweet by the military’s public relations wing stating that powerful Army Chief General Raheel Sharif had kicked off his farewell visits on Monday, thus ending months of speculation over the army chief s

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  Pakistan Supreme Court approached to make General Raheel Sharif a field marshal

  World | November 22, 2016 13:04 IST

  Pakistan Supreme Court has been asked to order conferring the title of field marshal on Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif for rendering services to protect national security and safeguarding the frontiers of Pakistan. The petition

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  Pakistan army chief Raheel Sharif to retire on Nov 29, kicks off his farewell tour

  World | November 21, 2016 20:28 IST

  General Raheel Sharif on Monday began a farewell tour of various army outposts across the country before his retirement on November 29, ending months of speculation of an extension of his term.

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  'Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif advised to appoint new Army chief within 48 hours’

  World | October 26, 2016 13:10 IST

  A senior lawyer of Pakistan’s Supreme Court claimed on Tuesday that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s close allies have advised him to appoint new Army chief within 48 hours in order to limit the role of security establishment.

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  Govt to appoint new Army Chief soon: Top Pak minister

  World | October 22, 2016 11:00 IST

  A senior Pakistani minister today said that the government ‘is preparing to appoint a new Army Chief within a week or 10 days to replace incumbent General Raheel Sharif who is poised to retire by end of November’.

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  Report on rift with government a ‘breach of national security’, says Pakistan Army

  World | October 15, 2016 8:55 IST

  While expressing ‘serious concern’ over a news leak about rift between civilian and military leaderships over how to tackle militancy, the Pakistani army described it as a ‘breach of national security’ and held Nawaz Sharif’s government responsible f