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New Delhi: Pakistan’s cabinet on Tuesday (May 20) approved Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s proposal to elevate army chief Asim Munir to the top rank of field marshal in light of his leadership during the recently concluded India-Pakistan conflict, state-run media said.

The army chief has accepted the cabinet’s decision.

The cabinet also decided to continue the services of Pakistan’s air force chief beyond the end of his term, which would have occurred early next year.

It decided to elevate Field Marshal Munir to his new rank for “ensuring the security of the country and defeating the enemy [India]” and his “unparalleled leadership” during the Indo-Pakistani conflict earlier this month, the state-run PTV said.

In a statement released via the Inter-Services Public Relations department in Urdu, Field Marshal Munir dedicated his elevation “to the entire nation,........

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