
ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI: The federal government has granted a No Obejection Certificate to former Chief of Army Staff General (retd) Raheel Sharif to join a Saudi Arabia-led military alliance of Islamic countries, the defence minister said Friday.
Federal Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said Sharif was given permission to head the military alliance after due process.
Our correspondent in Lahore confirmed that Sharif departed for Riyadh earlier today on a special aircraft which had arrived in Lahore to receive him. Sharif was accompanied by his wife and mother on the flight.
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