Gentlemen, with all due respect your different opinions, which are all well received...
Some input from my side, since I have served both with army and FC....
First, FC is not under control of Army or even COAS...
FC is under MOI and they control its use like Army HQ does for its under-command formations.
I havent seen anyone from MOI visiting FC troops deployed in Balochistan for the last 3 years or so.
Not only MOI, but there are other departments as well responsible for weapon / equipment of FC which need to get their act straight...
Money is absolutely no problem for FC, I would say they have much more than army, and fewer restrictions than army on procurement as well....
Problem is not with FC troops, they fight well... Problem lies in the departments which control them, which are not even present in the province....
Otherwise.... FC training, doctrine, equipment, pay scales, rules, regulations.... Everything is entirely different from army... In my opinion, blaming COAS for mismanagement in FC would be unfair...
Even then if we want to blame someone, then let's choose someone from ministry of interior which is the real GHQ of FC.... Not the army GHQ.....
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Sir, when army wants to take action it takes it under the umbrella of national security and when army does not want to do anything then it hides behind the constitution and civilian govt. I wonder how long this mantra will continue.