Raheel Sharif

About Raheel Sharif

This accomplished Pakistani military veteran climbed to the rank of Chief of Army Staff in 2013 after being recognized for his counterinsurgency operations against Taliban insurgents. He was also the Inspector General of Training and Evaluation for the Army.

Raheel Sharif before fame

He trained at the Pakistan Military Academy after attending Government College in Lahore and afterwards served with the Frontier Force Regiment's Sixth Battalion.

Achievement of Raheel Sharif

The Ten, Twenty, and Thirty-Year Service Medals, as well as the Command and Staff College Centenary Medal, are among his various military awards.

Raheel Sharif family life

He was born into a military family in Quetta, Pakistan, where his father, uncle, and two brothers were all Pakistani Army personnel. He had one daughter and two sons from his marriage.

Associations of Raheel Sharif

General Pervez Musharraf was named Commander of the Pakistani Armed Forces' Eleventh Infantry Division.

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