ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />STORY: General Raheel Sharif formally took over as the 15th head of the Pakistan army on Friday, arguably the most powerful position in the troubled country.<br/> <br />In a change of command ceremony held at the army stadium in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, outgoing leader General Ashfaq Kayani handed over the baton of command to Sharif.<br/> <br />Kayani, known as the "quiet general of Pakistan", faced the challenges of the fight against the Pakistani Taliban during his six-year tenure.<br/> <br />The decision to appoint Sharif was announced on Wednesday, and came as a shock to those familiar with the country's politics.<br/> <br />Fifty-seven-year-old Raheel Sharif, who is no relation to the prime minister Nawaz Sharif, is known as a laid-back man with a fondness for cigars and an almost complete lack of political ambition.<br/> <br />He received his military commission in 1976 and studied military leadership in Germany, Canada and Britain. He commanded several inf
