Pakistan’s Coup-Bitten Sharif Asserts Control With Army Pick
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Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, once ousted in a coup, moved to increase civilian control over the military in naming a U.K.-educated general seen as apolitical to head the nuclear-armed country’s army.
General Raheel Sharif, no relation to the prime minister, will replace Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, who served during a six-year period in which Pakistan saw the first transfer of power between elected civilian governments in its 66-year history. Nawaz Sharif was ousted in a 1999 coup and resurrected his career with an election win in May.