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Not Seeking Extension, Will Retire on Due Date, Says Gen Sharif

Pakistani army chief Raheel Sharif says he will retire at the end of his tenure in November.

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General Sharif, who took over as the army chief from Ashfaq Parvez Kayani in 2013, is set to retire in November this year.

Ending months of speculation that General Sharif’s tenure was likely to be extended, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said these rumours were baseless.

The influential army chief on Monday said he would step down at the end of his three-year term in November, breaking a precedent of military leaders seeking to extend their terms.

The Pakistan Army is a great institution. I don’t believe in extension and will retire on the due date. Efforts to root out terrorism will continue with full vigour. Pakistan’s national interest is supreme and will be safeguarded at all costs.

General Raheel Sharif

General Raheel Sharif is considered by many to be Pakistan’s most powerful man.

Since he took office in 2013, the army launched aerial and ground assaults against Islamist insurgent strongholds near the Afghan border in the northwest.

Although critics say the crackdown has been selective in going after some militant groups, but leaving others intact, yet it earned the military broad support from a Pakistani population tired of militant violence.

(With input from wires.)

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