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Raheel Sharif appointed chief of Islamic military alliance, confirms Khawaja Asif
[DAWN] Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Friday confirmed the recent development that former army chief General (retd) Raheel Sharif..Pak chief of army staff, meaning he pulls the strings on the Nawaz Sharif puppet to make it dance and sing and not do much at all.... was made the chief of 39-nation Islamic military coalition formed to combat terrorism. Speaking during a talk show at Geo TV, Asif admitted that an agreement in this regard was finalised few days back; however, the defence minister said he didn’t have much information at the moment about the details of the said agreement. Asif said that the decision to appoint Gen (retd) Raheel, who retired in November 2016, was taken after taking the incumbent government into confidence. "No, definitely our government's consent must have been part of this," he replied when asked if the decision was taken in Riyadh or Islamabad. The defence minister said that any such assignment or posting requires proper clearance from the government and General Headquarters (GHQ) both and confirmed that the due process was followed before finalising the agreement. He was, however, unaware of the exact details. "As you are aware that this thing was in the pipeline for quite some time and the prime minister was also part of the deliberations," Asif said. Posted by: Fred 2017-01-07 |
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