As his retirement draws nearer, Pakistan Army Chief Raheel Sharif faces calls for takeover by some groups, who believe democracy has failed, reports our Pakistan correspondent.
As his retirement draws nearer, Pakistan Army Chief Raheel Sharif faces calls for takeover by some groups, who believe democracy has failed, reports our Pakistan correspondent.
Posters begging the Army Chief to launch a coup appeared in major cities, including the capital Islama-bad overnight, raising eyebrows in the country. The posters, which also appeared in Lahore, Karachi and Rawalpindi as well as several Army-run cantonment areas, were placed there by “Move on Pakistan”, a largely-unknown political party founded in 2013.
“Talk of leaving has become old, for God’s sake come now,” scream the posters, referring to General Raheel Sharif’s decision to step down at the end of his tenure this year.
They feature a large photograph of the mustachioed general. “Dictatorship is much better than this corrupt government,” Ali Hashmi, chief organiser behind Move on Pakistan, said on Tuesday.
