KARACHI, Pakistan—Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif bypassed more senior generals on Wednesday to name Lt. Gen. Raheel Sharif as the new chief of army staff, a day before Gen. Ashfaq Kayani was due to retire from the helm of the world’s sixth-largest army.
A more senior general widely seen as Gen. Kayani’s preferred choice for the army leadership, Lt. Gen. Rashad Mahmood, was named chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, a…
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