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General Raheel Sharif’s Journey To Success
Army Chief General Raheel Sharif Was True To His Words. He Had Promised The Nation Some Nine Months Back That He Would Not Seek Extension And Would Retire On Time.
 
The ISPR On Monday Dispelled All Speculations, Controversies With Announcement Of The General’s Farewell……………………………….
The Army Chief Has Set Some Good Precedence For His Successor And Lessons For His Predecessors, Some Of Whom Had Political Ambitions Which Certainly Hurt The Institution. Smooth Transition In Any Institution Including The Army Is important. Similarly smooth transfer of power in democracy helps in institution building.
This is the first time since former Army Chief General Pervez Musharraf staged a coup on October 12, 1999, that the army chief is retiring as per schedule and his successor would assume the charge from November 29th.
After Musharraf’s nine years and his successor General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani’s six years, General Raheel Sharif despite being more popular than the other two, created history by announcing his retirement in January this year.
He is undoubtedly Pakistan’s most popular Army chief, and in his three-year tenure got so much popularity that people started speculating and some even demanding his extension including some retired generals.
Looking back at General Raheel’s tenure as an army chief and some of the difficulties he faced, he surprised many of his old colleagues by keeping his cool and temperament.
His appointment as army chief came at time when PML-N government was formed with Nawaz Sharif becoming prime minister for the third time in 2013, amid controversy over alleged rigging in the elections.
Former army chief, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani had completed his full term of extension and had recommended General Raheel Sharif’s name along with three others to the Prime Minister.
There was not much debate in the media over the new chief, when General Raheel’s name was announced. For the outsider he was just like any other general. When I inquired some of his old colleagues about him, they termed him as a ‘thorough professional,’ with no political ambition.
Army under General Kayani had conducted some successful operations in Swat, Malakand and South Waziristan and dismantlement of many terrorist hideouts and sanctuaries particularly from Swat.
Another success of Kayani and the then political leadership led by PPP government at the center and ANP government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, was the smooth return of thousands of IDPs.
Thus, the first challenge for General Raheel Sharif was to clear the most difficult terrain of North Waziristan, which around the world had the reputation of being a breeding ground for terrorists.  From Haqqani network to al-Qaeda and Taliban, it had sanctuaries, sleeper cells for thousands of local and foreign militants.
Ground operations is always difficult in such areas and thus the army high command led by General Raheel announced operation, (Zarb-e-Azb) and in his last year, the General also assured that by the end of 2016, the operation would be completed.
When the ground and air operation were underway, some voices of concern started coming from the political and religious leadership including Imran Khan, Siraj-ul-Haq and Maulana Fazlur Rehman.
In order to calm down political reaction the government took the initiative of holding talks with outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) amid criticism from a cross-section of the society.
As expected the talks failed and even the political and religious leadership gave full backing to the army operation. Not many people know but it is also a fact that it was General Raheel, who reportedly sent Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to Banigala to take Imran into confidence and asked him to remain neutral even if he doesn’t want to support the operation. This to me was confirmed by a highly informed source. After Army Public School massacre, Imran came all out in the support of the operation.
General Raheel  during his tenure also faced a difficult situation in his first year, when the issue of trial of General Pervez Musharraf, and that too under Article VI, came; and which for the first time became a bone of contention between civil and military leadership. Sources said, Mian Sahib was advised by some of his close aides to drop the idea.
Even before General Raheel become the chief, Musharraf was also advised by the top high command of the army not to come to Pakistan, as situation was not conducive for him nor he would be allowed to contest the elections. It was also informed by the intelligence that since Nawaz Sharif and PML-N had a bright chance of winning the polls, he would not spare Musharraf. But, the former chief ignored the advice.
Finally  it took few months before Musharraf was allowed to leave the country, by removing his name from the Exit Control List (ECL). This is one issue in which army faced a difficult situation.
Another instance which would always be remembered as General Raheel’s test of nerves was keeping himself and the army out of political controversy during the 2014 sit-in, when thousands of supporters of Imran Khan and Dr Tahirul Qadri entered Islamabad and demanded Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s resignation.
At one stage the situation turned so bad that the Prime Minister himself asked General Raheel to play his role in resolving the issue. He then invited both Imran and Dr Qadri, and held meetings with them separately.
Sources said General Raheel did not support the demand of PM’s resignation before the completion of Judicial Commission’s finding but had promised to become a guarantor, if JC report came against PM.
The crisis was averted both because of the General’s role and also the position taken by the Parliament.
General Raheel’s landmark decision in the Karachi Operation generated controversy in 2014—first when MQM complained that the army had turned against them, and second when some of Asif Ali Zardari’s aides including Dr Asim Hussain were arrested and a speech by the Karachi Corps Commander became controversial.
This led to an outburst from Asif Zardari, and one of his speeches forced him to leave the country and his recent announcement that he would return in December, also confirmed earlier speculations that he would only return after General Raheel’s retirement.
Last but not the least a news leak created serious discomfort between civil and military leadership, but General Raheel only asked for a thorough investigation and as a result a high level committee is now holding a probe.
Thus, General Raheel would go into history as one of the most successful army chiefs, who is going to retire at the peak of his popularity but never used this image for his personal goal.
I personally don’t believe that any retired army chief, Chief Justice of Pakistan or President of Pakistan should hold any other office after getting retirement from such prestigious positions.
Yes, they all must write their memoirs for the future generation. General Raheel has lot to write about Zarb-e-Azb, National Action Plan and his relationship with political leadership during his three-year tenure.

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While driving Towards Kunjah, about 10 kilometres to the west of Gujrat City, it is Difficult to miss the change in scale; towns and villages, roads, shops and tea stalls, everything looks smaller than it does on the Grand Trunk Road that Links Gujrat With Rawalpindi, to the North, and Lahore to the south. Within Kunjah, the scale shifts again — from small to narrow: bazaars are narrow, streets even narrower. It is hard to imagine that this is the Native town of Raheel Sharif, arguably the most important, most powerful person in Pakistan. In this old town of about 50,000 people, a labyrinth of narrow lanes leads to a blind alley where a dilapidated two-storey locked house wears the same aura of mystery that all empty spaces acquire after their occupants have left long ago. This is where Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif’s Grandfather, Mehtabud Din, lived — as did the general’s father, Major Muhammad Sharif. It was also in this house that his elder brother Shabbir Sharif was born and raised until he joined the Pakistan Army in the early 1960s. During the 1971 war with India, Shabbir Sharif was posted near Okara as a major. He died fighting there and won the highest military award, Nishan-e-Haider, for his gallantry. People in Kunjah are proud of him and, therefore, regard his ancestral home as a historic place. Raheel Sharif, who is 13 years junior to Shabbir Sharif, spent most of his early life in the shadow of his illustrious brother. “At the Pakistan Military Academy [Kakul] and later in the army, there were always people, especially close friends of Shabbir Sharif, who had high expectations of Raheel Sharif. He had to work hard to come up to their expectations,” reminisces an old friend of the general in Lahore. “Being Shabbir Sharif’s brother was a heavy burden on his shoulders,” says the man who in 1974 shared a room at the military academy with Raheel Sharif and later served with him in the same platoon. “It was only slowly and gradually that Raheel Sharif was able to create his own identity and place in the army.” Also read: Should the military fight crime or dispense justice Raheel Sharif could see any of his elder brother’s army friends, including Pervez Musharraf, whenever he needed to. Being on such close, personal terms with one’s seniors could be a Big advantage for a junior officer. They may help one get prized postings and quicker promotions. “Such suggestions always hurt him Deeply, though they did not stop him from calling on his brother’s friends,” says his Lahore-based friend. Raheel Sharif was not born in Kunjah. No one there has any memory of having seen him in town. He was born in Quetta where his father was posted as a major in the army. The family, indeed, had left Kunjah much earlier than Raheel Sharif’s birth in 1956. Only a few old people in the town can claim having known and interacted with his father and elder brother. One of them is Haji Abdul Ghani, a retired soldier. He remembers Raheel Sharif’s father as someone who would always “help the people from Kunjah”. Even though Muhammad Sharif never returned to his home town once he left for wherever his army career took him, he continued helping local residents – including Ghani – to get into the army. Ghani has never seen Raheel Sharif in person but he says the general, like his father, has a “soft spot for Kunjah and its residents”. Why else would he call Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and ask him to upgrade the Shabbir Shaheed Rural Health Centre in Kunjah? “When some people from our town met [Raheel Sharif] to condole the death of his mother in 2014, they complained to him about inadequate public healthcare here,” Ghani says. That promptly occasioned the call to the chief minister. Raheel Sharif, like his predecessors, considers it his obligation to do “what he thinks is right regardless of its constitutional or democratic appropriateness.” The general comes from a religious family. His grandfather, after whom their home street is named as Koocha Mehtabud Din, was a known religious scholar in the area, whose forefathers had settled in Kunjah in 1840. A younger cousin of Raheel Sharif who still lives in Kunjah knows the general as a friendly person who does not let anyone feel insignificant in his presence. “He knows how to give respect to others and how to command respect from them,” the cousin says without wanting to be named. Raheel Sharif also loves driving cars and hunting game, according to his cousin. “Being a chain-smoker, he looks out of his element when he cannot smoke.” Within the military, says one of his old friends, Raheel Sharif is known from his early days in uniform as a man of strong character and steely resolve. “I remember a boxing game at the academy in which Bobby [Raheel Sharif] was pitted against a tough opponent. I do not remember who won the contest but he bravely took all the punches from his opponent, with the same expressionless face you see on television channels, and never left the fight.” Raheel Sharif is also considered to be one of the most popular army chiefs in recent times. “His ability to inspire confidence and love in the troops is quite remarkable,” says his friend from the military academy.

General Musharraf, Who was a course mate of Shabbir Sharif, is also a big Admirer of Raheel Sharif. “He has been to the most dangerous places in the (Zarb-e-Azb) battle zone. Many others would not dare go near those places fearing for their lives,” Musharraf says. “It is Raheel Sharif’s strong character and compassion for his juniors that sets him apart from the rest of the pack. He is not just a commander but a leader — the one soldiers happily obey and follow in war,” the former president says in an interview in Karachi. In 2015, Raheel Sharif’s popularity grew out of the barracks and spread across Pakistan, making him more popular than any politician including Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan. A mosque in Islamabad was named after him last year and his portraits could be spotted on the back of trucks and autorickshaws everywhere. Banners and billboards featuring his image still adorn the streets of almost every big city, particularly Karachi, and many contesting the recent local government elections put his photo on their publicity material to attract voters. Even on social media, a #ThankYouRaheelSharif hashtag has trended for Months.

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RAWALPINDI: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif made it clear that the objective of National Action Plan (NAP) would be achieved at every cost. Speaking at the Defence Day ceremony on Sunday, General Sharif said that all state institutions must work sincerely in order to achieve the objectives of NAP. “I reiterate the firm resolve that we will not rest until financiers, abettors, facilitators, and sympathizers of terrorists meet their fate,” he said. The army chief called for the solution of Kashmir dispute. “Kashmir is an unfinished agenda of the partition of the Sub-Continent. India has subjected the people of Kashmir to worst atrocities over the last seven decades,” General Sharif noted. He said that the Kashmir dispute must be resolved according to the aspirations of Kashmiris and UN resolutions. “If enemy tried to impose short or prolonged war on us, it will have to pay unbearable price,” he said. He said Pakistan has been facing terrorism and unconventional war for last many years. He said operation Zarb-e-Azb was started at a time when the chaotic forces were challenging the state of Pakistan and law and order situation in the country was at its lowest ebb. He said the militants’ attack on Army Public School Peshawar was the worst example of brutality and tyranny. “The sacrifices of martyred students and patience of their parents gave a new energy to nation’s determination to fight the menace of terrorism,” he said, adding that all those who were involved in this incident have met their fate. Army Chief said armed forces and other security institutions through their sacrifices have established the writ and supremacy of the state. The COAS said that China Pakistan Economic Corridor was important not only for Pakistan, but for the whole region. Pakistan army would take every step for the completion of crucial corridor. He also commended Pakistani media for playing a key role in war against terrorism by exposing real face of terrorists