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Pakistan Chooses New Army Chief Amid Confrontation With Imran Khan

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—A general who was removed from leadership of Pakistan’s spy agency by former Prime Minister Imran Khan will take over as the country’s next army chief.

Lt. Gen. Asim Munir will succeed Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, who will retire next week, the government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced Thursday. The chief of army staff position is widely thought to be the most powerful office in a country that has seen multiple coups, and where the military exerts massive influence over the government and policy even when not formally in power.

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