Raheel Sharif
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Pakistan to start repatriation of IDPs next month: Gen. Raheel Sharif
World | Jan 05, 2015, 06:24 AM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan Army Chief, Gen. Raheel Sharif, on Sunday said that repatriation of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) as the result of a major military offensive in North Waziristan tribal area will begin next
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Pakistan: 77 militants killed after school massacre
World | Dec 19, 2014, 11:08 PM ISTIslamabad: Pakistani warplanes and ground forces killed at least 77 militants in a northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said Friday, days after Taliban fighters killed 148 people—most of them children—in a school
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Resolving Kashmir, Palestine issues vital for peace: Gen Raheel Sharif
World | Dec 05, 2014, 08:21 AM ISTKarachi: Equating Kashmir issue with that of Palestine, Pakistan's powerful Army Chief Raheel Sharif has said resolution of such disputes was necessary for maintaining regional peace and stability."Sometimes security of the whole region can be
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Anti-terror offensive to continue: Pakistan Army chief
World | Nov 20, 2014, 12:08 PM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan Army chief General Raheel Sharif, who is currently visiting the US, has told top American military and political leaders that his country's security forces will continue their offensive against militant groups in the
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Pakistan Army Chief Raheel Sharif to visit US in November
World | Oct 27, 2014, 01:17 PM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan's Army chief General Raheel Sharif will visit the U.S. in November for crucial security talks with American defence officials.General Sharif's week-long visit is likely to start from mid-November and preparations for trip are
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Pak PM Sharif, Army Chief visit North Waziristan
World | Oct 09, 2014, 02:38 PM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif along with Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif today visited strife-torn North Waziristan, where Pakistani Army is conducting its military operation Zarb-i-Azb against TTP (Tehreek Taliban Pakistan) guerillas.Nawaz Sharif is
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Pakistan Army orders soldiers to firmly respond to LoC firing
World | Sep 27, 2014, 06:53 AM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif ordered his troops to ‘effectively' respond to ‘any provocation' from across the Line of Control (LoC).Gen Sharif visited Pakistani forces deployed in forward locations along the LoC near
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Pak army chief advises Nawaz Sharif to quit, media reports claim
World | Sep 01, 2014, 10:57 PM ISTIslamabad: Fresh controversy erupted after Pakistan's powerful army chief on Monday met PM Nawaz Sharif to discuss ways to resolve the deepening political crisis with media reports claiming that the embattled Prime Minister was advised
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Pak political drama nears end after army chief intervenes
World | Aug 29, 2014, 02:46 PM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan's powerful army chief has stepped in to mediate between the embattled government and the protesters seeking resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, bringing the military back into the centre stage and signaling a
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Will not allow terrorists back in Waziristan: Pakistan army chief
World | Jul 29, 2014, 11:44 PM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan Army chief Raheel Sharif Tuesday said the "terrorists will not be allowed" to return to the North Waziristan tribal region where a major offensive against militants continues.Gen. Sharif was addressing the Pakistani forces
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Pak PM Sharif meets army chief to review security
World | Jan 23, 2014, 07:41 PM ISTIslamabad: Reeling from a spate of terror attacks that killed over 30 security personnel, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today chaired a meeting during which army chief Gen Raheel Sharif briefed him on the prevailing