KHYBER AGENCY: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif on Thursday inaugurated Shahid Afridi Stadium in Bara Tehsil of the agency.
With awe and respect, Afridi welcomed the Army Chief and thanked him for supporting the cricketer and working hard for Pakistan.
I am humbled & thank u from bottom of my heart for your kind support & backing for me & for your work for Pakistan2/3
— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) November 24, 2016
You are a national hero and I wish you the very best in your days ahead. May Allah Bless you more. PakistanZindabad pic.twitter.com/P0sQEHv5BO
— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) November 24, 2016
Speaking on this occasion, COAS said, “The scourge of terrorism has been entirely eliminated from the agency”.
Referring to the Indian aggression along the border, General Raheel Sharif said that Indian claims of surgical strikes across the Line of Control (LoC) were nothing but only a “drama”.
“Our life and our death, is only for this country,” said the Army Chief after the inauguration ceremony.
The Army Chief gifted a pistol the cricketer.
