ISLAMABAD: Former former minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif has broken silenceover the issue of NOC to former Army Chief General Raheel Sharif.
Former army chief General Raheel Sharif was granted a no-objectioncertificate (NOC) to head a Saudi-led military alliance after due process,said PML-N MNA Khawaja Asif on Tuesday.
“Gen Raheel applied for an NOC and it was approved by MOD (Ministry ofDefence) after due process,” Khawaja Asif, who was the then federal defenceminister, tweeted.
His response came shortly after the Supreme Court was told that Gen RaheelSharif had not obtained a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the cabinetbefore going to Saudi Arabia to head the 41-nation military alliance.
Attorney General Khalid Jawed Khan told the court as per the law, the NOCis issued by the federal government to government officers willing to joinservice in foreign lands.
The NOC is approved by the federal cabinet under government service rules,he said.