Pakistan’s former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif was made the chief of 39-nation Islamic military coalition formed to combat terrorism.
Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Friday confirmed that modalities were finalised few days back.
The defence minister also said he didn’t have much information at the moment about the details of the said agreement.
Asif said that the decision to appoint Gen (retd) Raheel, who retired in November 2016, was taken after taking the incumbent government into confidence and “it was finalised here first”. The headquarters of the Saudi-led coalition would be based in Riyadh.
The defence minister said that any such assignment or posting requires proper clearance from the government and General Headquarters (GHQ) both and confirmed that the due process was followed before finalising the agreement. He was, however, unaware of the exact details.
