Pakistan army soldiers climb over the main gate of state-run Pakistan Television (PTV) in Islamabad October 12. The Pakistani government of [Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif] has been dismissed, state radio and television reports. They do not make clear on whose authority it was dismissed. The official residence of Pakistan [Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif] was surrounded by troops on Tuesday shortly after it was announced that [Sharif] had sacked the chief of the army, witnesses said.