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- Ignoring army seniority is seen as dangerous in Pakistan
Raheel Sharif.
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Marking Pakistan’s Defence Day in a northern military garrison town, army chief Raheel Sharif presided over a highly-choreographed ceremony playing propaganda films. One showed troops battling an Indian incursion in the disputed region of Kashmir.