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| General Raheel Sharif (Image: Wiki Commons) |
Outgoing chief of army staff General Raheel Sharif handed over command to incoming army chief General Qamar Bajwa at a ceremony at the General Headquarters(GHQ) in Rawalpindi in Pakistan on Tuesday.
Sharif addressed the ceremony after reviewing the guard of honor.
He said: "To achieve our goals, I used the full capability of the Pakistan Army. I had the entire country's cooperation for which I thank the army and the nation."
The army chief expressed belief that the Pakistan Army would always live up to the nation's expectations.
He also touched on Afghanistan and said peace would come to the country through negotiation.
Talking about Pakistan's battle with terrorism he said that everyone has made sacrifices for the land.
"We were able to change the face of history by fighting a war against terrorism," he added.
He thanked the federal government, political leadership and the media for their cooperation.
The outgoing army chief stressed that all institutions need to work together against external threats
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