ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Days before Pakistan's powerful army chief was due to visit Washington for talks on regional stability and fighting militancy, General Raheel Sharif engaged in thinly veiled criticism of the nuclear-armed country's civilian government.
A terse statement from the army's PR wing underlined the tension between Pakistan's military and its civilian government, just as the United States prepares to receive Sharif weeks after the prime minister held talks there.
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