It is not for the time the banners have appeared in favour of the army chief. Previously also banners addressing him had urged him to "stay on" and asked the government to extend his tenure. Mysterious banners have appeared in Pakistan urging the country’s powerful army chief General Raheel Sharif, who is set to retire this month, to contest elections, a media report has said. The banners put up on electricity poles in Rawalpindi urged 60-year-old Sharif to contest election in 2018. It is not for the time the banners have appeared in favour of the army chief.

Source: The Hindu November 06, 2016 07:53 UTC