The rise and rise of Pakistan's field marshal

Fri, 03 October 2025

09:01

The rise and rise of Pakistan's field marshal The 'family photo' from the White House after an almost-90-minute meeting last Thursday between the US President Donald Trump, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir would have stunned the Indian foreign and security policy establishment. Things are getting to be very serious indeed. Read more here.

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