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Ghattiya, outright condemnable move on the part of PDM/Establishment/Rangers/Interior ministry/Isb Judiciary... Nothing has been learnt from the past...same mistakes being repeated over and over with ever more zeal.

Hope you were around in the 70s and 80s to make the above observation. Pakistan had no option but to intervene in support of the so called "Afghan mountain people". Perhaps you don't realize the challenges mounting for Pakistan then for you to suggest that Pakistan should have just closed its...

We are mixing up a whole bunch of issues due to the political overhang. I think there is a lot of context which was missed in Nasim Zehra+Hamid Mir discussion. A general set of statements was used to make it look like PA is incapable of facing the Indian military. None of this is entirely...

There is no "intense exchange of gunfire". These FC troops are sitting ducks. The TTP terrorists conduct recce at leisure, pick their targets, hit it and are gone before anyone even knows what hit them. For those asking for MRAPs etc., do realize that those would be helpful however only...

I agree that their reading of the situation seems off. Hope and pray for course correction and that they stand with the mandate of the people.

Pakistan generates/produces the following: Hydroelectricity 36,255,000 MWh (33%) Non-Hydroelectric 1,421,000 MWh (1%) Nuclear 5,439,000 MWh The rest is through non-renewable means thus not included in "generated" power. Pakistan's issue is not lack of generation, it is delivery and...

Yes, it did then too. I count at least 3 different themes/issues that you have combined in your post above. Sir ji, yes sir is a culture inculcated in uniform. It is a universal military ethos to respect the chain of command. Nothing particular in that about our army only. If what you are...

Well, one should never have a very pacified view of the world. Everything imaginable and more goes on around this globe or ours.

This can be explained simply. The chap who makes it at the top has been put through the mill for close to 35-40 years staying on the "professional" military side of the house. Unfortunately, when one becomes the CoAS in Pakistan, suddenly this office exposes the same officer to the "political"...

Good for BD, the important part is that this power generation is being used more effectively than us in Pakistan where the output is higher at 41,000 MW yet the industries are not performing as well as BD.

It's not this. Sentiments be damned and that too of a few officers that are at the top and running the army. I think the issue is one of distance between the people and our national army. This is not about military image building etc. etc. It is a fundamental erosion of trust that anyone...

I have to agree, this one is not blowing over.

Or may not. Like Noor Jahan in Karachi Zoo, the ghissi pitti jamhooriat is also on its last legs (actually poor Noor Jahan cannot even stand on its legs) if certain course correction is not done. Knowing our habits, we never do course correction proactively. We have a habit of pushing our...

They have taken a hit similar to the sentiment post 1971 however it is magnified x1000 given the presence of SM now and the threat is not from the external enemies, rather one of infighting turning Pakistani against Pakistani. I believe there is a paralysis within GHQ to think with clarity and...

We aren't slaves to anyone, but the compulsions are as such where there is a major dependency. Only an ostrich with its head dug in would deny that. More importantly, I also say that I don't agree with the current stance of the establishment (I don't say PDM because they are inconsequential)...

I think this was a shrewd move on the part of the CJP because he showed the majority to be on his side and providing a united front.

All sorts of shady characters make it into intelligence. Hope you realize that 2/3 of the manpower in ISI is civilian. The issue is that military should never be brought into politics. It's just not a good mix. Unfortunately we don't learn our lessons thus the insistence on #2 harbay against...

Ok, let's count. Ayub, Yahya, Zia, Musharraf and lets add Bajwa and Asim Munir. For argument sake let me throw in Aslam Beg in the bag as well. 7 officers in a galaxy of officers who have served their nation with honor and dignity since 1948 and people want to lambast them for things they had...

Yes, easier said than done. Your entire West Pakistan was against giving Mujeeb the mandate so let's not talk about "decision of the majority". There were regular delegations of politicians, businessmen, industrialists going to Yahya and saying "please save Pakistan by not letting the East...

But what does any of this have anything to do with the PMA or these young men? I don't see anyone bashing the countless nurseries that produce our fine politicians, judges and bureaucrats so why single out the PMA?