DUBAI: Pakistan People’s Party Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Monday appreciated the decision of Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif over refusing the extension.
Zardari said that the decision would end all the speculation about the COAS’s extension.
Earlier, Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif has said that he will retire from service when his three-year term ends.
In messages posted on Twitter, DG ISPR Lt-Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa said that rumours about an extension in the service of the Army chief were baseless.
“Pakistan Army is a great institution. I don’t believe in extension and will retire on the due date,” the DG ISPR quoted the Army chief Gen Raheel Sharif as saying.
“Efforts to [root] out terrorism will continue with full vigor and resolve. Pakistan’s national interest is supreme and will be safe guarded at all costs,” said Gen Raheel Sharif.
