ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Raheel Sharif has postponed his official visit to Sri Lanka in view of ongoing military operation Zarb-i-Azb in North Waziristan.

“Due to on-going operation Zarb-i-Azb, the COAS has postponed his scheduled visit to Sri Lanka,” the Inter-Services Public Relations spokesman said.

According to him, Gen Sharif was to leave the country on Tuesday on a four-day visit to Sri Lanka. He was to meet senior civil and military leaders of Sri Lanka.

No new date of his visit has been announced.

Published in Dawn, June 18th, 2014

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