General Raheel Sharif and his Life

General Raheel Sharif and his Life



General Raheel Sharif is set to resign today, conveying a conclusion to his fruitful three-year residency as the fifteenth Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army. 

Amid his residency as military boss, the nation strikingly stood up to both inward and outer difficulties as a team with all state establishments. General Raheel propelled Zarb-e-Azb in North Waziristan in 2014, after an activist assault on Karachi Airport. 

Saluting the overcome: Gen Raheel 'a genuine expert trooper' 

Under his residency, the peace circumstance in Karachi additionally observed a change, while exceptional military units to guarantee security of every one of those included in China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) were instituted. 

As Gen Raheel Sharif's residency attracts to an end, we take a gander at a progression of at no other time seen photos of his life.



General Raheel was born in Quetta on June 16, 1956, to Major and Mrs Muhammad Sharif


Raheel Sharif is from the Pakistan Military Academy’s 54th Long Course



As a young officer, he performed his duties in Gilgit in an Infantry Brigade and also served as Adjutant of Pakistan Military Academy



He did a Company Commander’s Course from Germany and subsequently served in the prestigious School of Infantry and Tactics as an instructor


He attended the Command and Staff College Canada, graduating with distinction


Raheel Sharif was appointed 15th Chief of Army Staff on Nov 28, 2013



Operation Zarb-e-Azb was launched under Gen Raheel Sharif


On the occasion of  Eid, he visited an IDP camp in Bannu and spent his time with children and IDPs and also presented them with gifts


Gen Raheel Sharif and Lt Gen Ishfaq Nadeem witness the Exercise Raad ul Barq at KPT Ranges



Gen Raheel Sharif speaking with students of the Army Public School after it was reopened following an attack by Taliban militants in Peshawar


Gen Raheel arrives in Egypt for a two-day official visit


Gen Raheel and PM Nawaz drive along the Gwadar-Hoshab portion of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor



He is set to be the first army chief retire on time since 1996



Gen Raheel pays a farewell visit to PM Nawaz Sharif at PM House


All chiefs of staff pose for a photograph alongside PM Nawaz as Gen Raheel says his goodbyes