Pakistan’s Lieutenant-General Raheel Sharif attends a military exercise in Bahawalpur

27 Nov 2013, Bahawalpur — Pakistan’s Lieutenant-General Raheel Sharif attends a military exercise in Khairpure Tamay Wali in Bahawalpur district November 4, 2013. Pakistan named Raheel Sharif, a career infantry officer considered a moderate as army chief, on Wednesday as the country fights a Taliban insurgency and seeks accord with the United States on how to stabilise neighbouring Afghanistan. Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced that Raheel Sharif, brother of a war hero, would take charge of the world’s sixth-largest army, with a formal handover from General Ashfaq Kayani on Friday. Picture taken November 4, 2013. REUTERS/Qamar Pervez (PAKISTAN – Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) — Image by © STRINGER/PAKISTAN/Reuters/Corbis

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