Pak allows Raheel Sharif to head Islamic military alliance

Pakistan has allowed former army chief General Raheel Sharif to head a Saudi Arabia-led Islamic military alliance, which has been formed to combat terrorism especially the Islamic State, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said. Adding that the government had decided in-principle to clear the move, Asif said, Raheel is expected to work on the structure of the 39-nation alliance.