Laymen like myself are ignorant of the armed forces’ procedures for uphold orderly conduct and disciplinary action which can lead to misplaced resentment. Whilst these won’t guarantee treachery/incompetence won’t pollute the institution, it would be a good starting point for us to learn about them to prevent complete alienation
I would really appreciate if you have the time to mention good starting points (on forum/elsewhere) for research into understanding armed force’s inner workings regarding aforementioned procedures
our military code of conduct is based on the British military. just keep in mind that military men no matter how disciplined and restricted and bound by code , are human beings (I will come back to that later), they come from the same pool of people that makes up our country. there is no online copy available to share it.
there is a saying (in army) that we eat our own. to climb the ladder or settle scores the army men do everything and nothing is off the table as long as that person can get away with it.
in war we are all brothers but in peace we will use every trick of trade to use the face of a person to climb to the next level.
there is no claim of nobility and piousness, it is a known fact that bad apples exist in the military but they are filtered out and system corrects itself or else it will degrade itself into factions of warlords like in Somalia or Afghanistan. some challenged posters here who selectively pick up my posts to build an argument demand of me to explain "contradiction in my posts". there are none no explain if they read the posts completely and do not ignore or conveniently forget those (posts) where I criticize the military leadership.
Gen Bajwa is an example of a successful officer who was not outstanding in his career, he didn't do anything outstanding academically, his appointments at different positions don't suggest he did some sterling work there but he was the one that got the helpful push forward and finally made it to the top. no sword of honor winner has made it to the COAS yet and not every sword of honor winner and Sandhurst graduate has made it to the general (to my knowledge) your courses, your abilities and your performances on the fields and prize postings are not a sure short way to guarantee ascension to the top slot. Lady luck comes handy, a little good word, lobbying and favoritism does work as well. but good officers (ticking the boxes of good courses postings, performances) are not overlooked and do get rewarded as well.
coming to the point that the army is made up of human beings., and these people are vulnerable to common vice and shortcomings they would exhibit those one way or another when in power. they are not angels they are not prophets so I never defend the indefensible. So I have time and again questioned their apologetic and soft approach towards TTP and trying to sell it as a political manifesto which is a fail from start because the society is radicalized and you cant make everyone happy. I call out those who I would support and prefer and this habit of mine even extends to politicians even if I voted for them. some PTI cult fans translate my criticism of Imran (who is not a god in my view, he is not an angel or a saint) as an unqualified support of GHQ leadership which is not only stupid and wrong but disappointing. maybe its the comprehension issue or just outright zealotry that blocks the oxygen flow to the brain depriving them the ability to comprehend that criticizing one is not an automatic approval of another. Also criticizing or calling out one doesn't mean a complete write off.
when the Imran Khan Govt was ousted through an engineered VONC, I was one of many posters who was dejected and very critical of Gen Bajwa I rejected every reasoning he made to engineer that VONC. but I was also less than impressed with Imran Khan for his shambolic performance and failure to fulfill the promise he made. stories of incompetence, corruption and shambolic diplomacy were hard to hide behind his stunning personality and passionate speeches. I never cared about his sexual exploits behind closed doors. But I did hate it when he gave us religious lectures and equated himself with Riyasat Medina. his opponents who are professional thieves and masters of dirty politics just needed one or two mistakes and they pounced on it and used it on him (watches). again, no justification for Gen Bajwa to topple him.
I had to correct the title of this thread. the OP is an emotional blowhard and ranting purely on hateful emotions is not the right way to go when details and facts are missed out. which are.
1. this General was not charged of treason or spying.
2. his case was not related to spying cases of two or more other people.
3. He sought permission from GHQ to attend a western think thank meeting.
4. He didn't keep this articles secret from GHQ.
5. he didn't try to escape or cover up anything.
its up to his defence and review plea to argue if Gen Bajwa's personal grudge was at play and his punishment was excessive. if there was any traction to the charges against him then there was no chance for him to be released from Jail.
PS: this is the response to all one liner posts to me.
What caused the fissure between the two men? I'm not to familiar with the accused character.
Its just a speculation that the said General spoke up few times against Gen Bajwa who throughout his career is known to have kept grudges. whether its true or not is down to the military court to decide specially when its not under the pressure of party who has retired.
on the face of it . the charges didnt match his alleged misconduct. and the charges were never spying. the dimwitted blowhards and parroting the same word over and over again in this thread not realizing that his case was not related to spying charges of 2 other cases.
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