Gen Raheel attends farewell dinner at Prime Minister House

ISLAMABAD: Army Chief General Raheel Sharif  on Thursday attended a farewell dinner given in his honor by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, days before he hangs up his spurs after leading the country's powerful institution for three years. 

TV footage showed the outgoing army chief and commanders of the Pakistani Army arriving at the Prime Minister House in full military regalia.

The army chief, according to Geo News, held a farewell meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif before the dinner.

Lt Gen Zubai Hayat, Lt. Ashfaq Nadeem, Lt. Gen Iqbal Ramday and Lt. Gen Qamar Bajwa, the four most senior commanders of the Pakistan Army were also present at the Prime Minister House to attend the dinner.

Earlier in the day, Genera Raheel Sharif visited FATA and Peshawar, where he addressed the officers and soldiers from army and the Frontier Corps.

He commended them for successfully unhinging terrorists from their sanctuaries in FATA and destroying their infrastructure.

“ Alhamdolillah, with support of the nation, we have completed the cycle of counter terrorism operations in such unique and comprehensive way. Our stabilisation ops and resettlement phase are helping us consolidate our gains,” he said.

He also held a jirga in Bara, where he thanked local people for rendering full support to army in cleansing their areas of terrorists and praised them for their audacity and steadfastness, the statement noted.