Former Major General’s son jailed for five years for writing a criticism letter to General Bajwa, Reports BBC Urdu

[Blacklight]

Oh really??
I myself belong to a military family but never heard other than my late father a military penal code ever applied to me or any other family member.

True. As long as their is no security breach.

If ISPR can come clean to spy charges (treason of highest order mind you) of 3 star general, a brigadier too, then what stops them from informing media and public of other offences?

Seeing a 5 yr jail time, it surely isn't as serious as being a traitor.

Is the investigation over?
Is 5yrs all he is getting?

 

[arjunk]

True. As long as their is no security breach.

What did I say about nuclear codes.......

Maybe he was browsing p0rn on his daddy's wifi connection and infected every device on the network after clicking on some shady ad... a MOSS-AD if you will .

 

[Blacklight]

What did I say about nuclear codes.......

What you said was highly incorrect.

Maybe he was browsing p0rn on his daddy's wifi connection and infected every device on the network after clicking on some shady ad... a MOSS-AD if you will .

Nothing, so ridiculous. Like I said earlier, the issue was very serious.

 

[iLION12345_1]

There was no letter, there was no criticism, this is a Bull $hit story. The real reason is much more serious.

I was just giving an example, I don’t know the real story, but I can gauge the seriousness by how people with knowledge about it heave been reacting, both off and on this forum.

 

[arjunk]

What you said was highly incorrect

Do not question my sources. I saw this happening with my own eyes on February 31st. It was on basement-4 of the Serena hotel Kabul. Arnab showed me video proof.

 

[Gripen9]

Do not question my sources. I saw this happening with my own eyes on February 31st. It was on basement-4 of the Serena hotel Kabul. Arnab showed me video proof.

'sama gotz moves...

 

[SecularNationalist]

The poor lad had a conscience. However, military discipline is such that this could not be let go. The upper echelons are a disgrace who should actually be doing these things rather than these young officers. Does anyone know that the brave and honorable cadres who were planning a coup after the ceasefire was accepted by Yahya post the surrender in East Pakistan in 1971, were put in jails as well and court martialed?

Well let's not jump to conclusions and we must listen to army,s justification for the action taken.
According to army adjudant general he was writing such letters to several army officers not just the army chief since 2017. He was warned many times but he didn't stop his activities which the army believes were aimed at insisting army officers to revolt and rebel against each other.

 

[Norwegian]

I am not obligated to

So you are trolling?

 

[TigerOfMysore]

Matter is much more serious, real thing is hardly being reported.... Let's keep it that way.

I won’t be surprised it was a letter not written to Bajwa but to other officers in the army (serving and retired) in an attempt to create dissent. When you peal the onion I would not be surprised that is what ended up happening.
I also would not be surprised if he met serving officers at gatherings and expressed certain views imploring certain actions. That bit of info probably got relayed and the rest is history.

Also it is important to know that mil law can be applied to civilians even in normal conditions. This can occur if one is a contractor, working in certain locations etc. So mil justice system is extendable beyond uniformed people.

 

[Sayfullah]

Matter is much more serious, real thing is hardly being reported.... Let's keep it that way.

Nothing, so ridiculous. Like I said earlier, the issue was very serious.

Is ispr going to release something publicly to refute this? Because if not it’ll be used by Indians to spread propaganda against us

 

[Norwegian]

Salaam

I doubt this is true. I don't think it is out of the realm of possibility that some powerful person misuses their power but the son of retired Major General isn't getting 5 years in prison for writing to Gen Bajwa about how he isn't doing a good job.

It seems the article is missing important details.

Are you for real Mr ptwaree your avatar is the best explanation of your mindset and BBC is the mouth pice of RA&W mi6 and crooks and company so shutup and don't try to drag our army into blame game or in other words shut the **** up.

Just because BBC reported an alleged reason it must be true ..... ???

I don't know when members will learn to question the articles and news stories ...

The ministry of defence should issue a clarification

Matter is much more serious, real thing is hardly being reported.... Let's keep it that way.

There was no letter, there was no criticism, this is a Bull $hit story. The real reason is much more serious.

Reminds of of Col Imam... Poor guy was pleaded not to pursue extension of Gen Kiyani and other activism and was even beaten lol but he keeps up to his game too. He was last picked and returned back to his Askari home last year I think.

I think the son was also a military man, plus just a letter cannot land you in prison for 5 years. Something is being hidden. Obviously BBC was approached by the father Maj Gen sb so this is just their side of story.

Well let's not jump to conclusions and we must listen to army,s justification for the action taken.
According to army adjudant general he was writing such letters to several army officers not just the army chief since 2017. He was warned many times but he didn't stop his activities which the army believes were aimed at insisting army officers to revolt and rebel against each other.

I won’t be surprised it was a letter not written to Bajwa but to other officers in the army (serving and retired) in an attempt to create dissent. When you peal the onion I would not be surprised that is what ended up happening.

Is ispr going to release something publicly to refute this? Because if not it’ll be used by Indians to spread propaganda against us

Some reputable people here on PDF are shooting the messenger (BBC Urdu and me) instead of debating the story at hand. If this story is false, Pakistan Army as a professional department can sue BBC Urdu for defamation. If they don't do that or even refute this story through ISPR, it means they want to put a lid on it.

 

[Big_bud]

Former Major General’s son jailed for five years for writing a criticism letter to General Bajwa, Reports BBC Urdu

The son of a retired Pakistani army major general has been sentenced to five years in prison for writing a letter of criticism to Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa over his extension, reports BBC Urdu on Friday.
The BBC Urdu report says, according to military sources, a field general court-martial was held against accused Hassan Askari in the Gujranwala cantonment. During the operation, the accused was not allowed to have a lawyer of his choice and a military court provided him with a lawyer.
After being sentenced, Hassan Askari has been shifted to Sahiwal High-Security Jail. He was convicted by a military court in July this year and no statement was issued by the army’s public relations department, but details were recently released by Hassan Askari’s father.
A Lahore High Court (LHC) Pindi bench has moved a petition seeking a transfer of the convict from Sahiwal Jail to Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi.
As being reported, the court has issued notices to all the parties concerned, including the Field General Court Martial, on the request. Hassan Askari was accused of writing a letter to General Qamar Javed Bajwa in September last year, allegedly extending his tenure and asking him to resign, expressing displeasure with the army’s policies.
Major General (retd) Zafar Mehdi Askari, the father of convict Hassan Askari, said in the petition that he had learned that his son was being tried in Gujranwala Cantonment where the Field General Court Martial convicted him and sentenced him to five years’ imprisonment.
The field petition also claims that Hassan Askari’s family was kept in the dark for several weeks after he was convicted, while the petitioner’s daughter also contacted the General Headquarters several times but there was no response. Not received According to the petitioner, Brigadier Wasim, posted at Jag Branch, was also contacted and said that Hassan Askari has been kept in Sahiwal High-Security Jail and despite repeated contacts by the jail authorities, he was only allowed to visit Hassan once. He is allowed to meet Askari.
The petition also pointed out that Hassan Askari was not being allowed to meet his lawyer. The petition also mentions that he had written a letter to the Ministry of Human Rights in August stating that since Hassan Askari’s parents live in Islamabad, the culprit was sent to a nearby jail in Rawalpindi. He should be shifted to Adiala Jail as the parents of the accused are old while the mother of the accused is critically ill and undergoes dialysis three days a week.
Besides, the petitioner i.e. Major General (retd) Zafar Mehdi has said that a letter has been written to the head of the Punjab Prisons Department in this regard but no reply has been received from there. The petitioner contends that the Department of Prisons has the power to transfer any prisoner to any jail within the province.

Former Major General's son jailed for five years for writing a criticism letter to General Bajwa, Reports BBC Urdu

The son of a retired Pakistani army major general has been sentenced to five years in prison for writing a letter of criticism to Army Chief General Qamar

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Without details of that letter being made public and his other comments & activities being known, nothing can be said. We know that anchor persons talk shit about military, establishment and what not all day long but no one is put behind the bars! This BBC report is one sided, need to get details before forming any opinion.

 

[313ghazi]

Pathetic. Banana Republic.

 

[TigerOfMysore]

BBC is the propaganda arm of the British government. It should be registered as a foreign agent in Pakistan or not given any access.

 

[Norwegian]

This BBC report is one sided, need to get details before forming any opinion

BBC Urdu should have included statement from ISPR too to make it more balanced. Right now it's one sided story