On November 27, Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain – acting on the prime minister’s advice, as the constitution dictates – announced that General Raheel Sharif would succeed General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani as Chief of Army Staff, even though Sharif was not among the military establishment’s favored candidates. Unlike Kayani – who has directed the Directorate-General of Military Operations and the Inter-Services Intelligence (Pakistan’s spy agency) – Sharif has not served in any of the positions that typically prepare someone to lead Pakistan’s best-funded and most influential institution.
11月27日，巴基斯坦总统侯赛因（Mamnoon Hussain）——根据宪法，在总理的建议下——宣布沙里夫将军（Raheel Sharif）继任卡亚尼将军（Ashfaq Parvez Kayani）的陆军首长一职，尽管沙里夫并非军方中意的候选者。与卡亚尼不同——卡亚尼军事行动总指挥（Directorate-General of Military Operations）和三军情报局（Inter-Services Intelligence，巴基斯坦情报机构）主管——沙里夫并未就任过这些职位，而这些职位通常是为日后领导巴基斯坦资金最充足、影响力最大的机构的人准备的。