The federal government has granted a No Objection Certificate (NOC) to former chief of army staff General (r) Raheel Sharif, a private TV channel reported on Friday. According to the report, the decision was taken during the federal cabinet’s meeting held last week and a report pertaining to the NOC of the former COAS has been submitted in the Supreme Court.
In December last year, the Supreme Court had ruled that the foreign employment of General (r) Sharif would end with immediate effect if he was not granted a NOC within a month. In its judgement, the apex court had stated that only the federal cabinet could grant permission to a former government servant to seek or take up employment as an officer of a foreign government.
Published in Daily Times, January 19th 2019.
