Raheel Sharif to succeed Kayani as Pak's new army chief

Ending weeks of speculation, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday appointed Lt Gen Raheel Sharif (left) as Pakistan's new army chief and Lt Gen Rashid Mehmood as the chairman joint chiefs of......

Raheel Sharif helped me leave Pakistan, says Musharraf

Former Pakistani President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said ex-army chief General Raheel Sharif’s intervention helped him in exiting Pakistan, indicating the powerful influence wielded by......

Top Pak Gen seeks early retirement after appointment Army chief

Pakistan Army's Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Azhar Abbas -- one of the six names apparently shortlisted for the post of the Chief of Army Staff -- has decided to seek early retirement,......

Amid reports of civilian-army rift, Sharif's aides meet Pak army chief

Amid reports of a rift between Pakistan's civilian and military leaderships, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's three top aides have met powerful Army chief Gen Raheel Sharif and discussed the overall......