King Raheel

[saurav]

Cyril Almeida has the potential to become next Cowasjee. Good Article. Truth can be bitter sometimes.

 

[RIP Pak LAW]

Funny to see only Indians praising the article

and that too on a pro Militarily website/forum lolz

 

[Faiez]

What a sore loser to not even publish his/her name, or did the article came from some external source?

The name is mentioned clearly :

Cyril Almeida

He's a regular dawn writer.

 

[Silverblaze]

Needless criticism is not good. Somehow one feels that majority of newspapers both english and urdu are developing a soft corner for the House of Shareefs. wonder why.

 

[iPhone]

[QUOTE="JanjaWeed, post: 7672957, member:]


Fair enough...regardless my obvious prejudice & bias against Pakistan, would agree that all those I have mentioned in my post were hero worshipped one time or another during their tenure?[/QUOTE]

That's quiet a Pakistani culture to praise any new Comer and put them on a pedestal. It's not exclusive to military only. Shehbaz Shrief is worshipped in punjab, mustafa qamal at one time in Karachi. The food lady right now is getting a crazy publicity over her restaurant raids. Any new Police senior who goes after a known gang is praised. Thats nothing new in Pakistan.

 

[Irfan Baloch]

King Raheel - Newspaper - DAWN.COM

IT’S silly season again. For some reason the week began with, the best there was, the best there is, the best there ever will be — King Raheel. May God save him and may he save the rest of us.

Then, because the gods like to play around with us, the Badaber hiccup happened. But, because he’s also Teflon Raheel, it didn’t matter.

A massive attack was thwarted. Thirty lives were lost, but tragedy was averted. The chief was on the ground and in charge. The terrorists will never win while Raheel is around.

It’s easy to forget that we’ve seen all of this before.

Back when Musharraf was king, back when Kayani was saviour. It’s pretty standard fare, a pretty standard arc. Luckily for Raheel, memories here are shorter than a chief’s tenure.

Go back to 2002. Musharraf had saved Pakistan. The court had given him three years; he had taken over with economic collapse beckoning and when Pakistan was an international pariah after the nuclear tests.

For good measure, the outside world had tired of dictators in Pakistan.

Three years in, Pakistan was in love with its commando. 9/11 may have helped rehabilitate him internationally, but his seven-point agenda had helped steady the ship domestically.

Corruption was down, professionalism was in, the country looked like it was set to go places — and the architect of the turnaround was the straight-talking patriot, Musharraf.

It’s easy to forget that we’ve seen all of this before.
It’s probably what convinced him to go for the fatal referendum. His court-mandated three years were up, but he was popular as hell. Pakistan needed him. How could he say no?

If he hadn’t rigged the referendum, he would probably have won it handily anyway. But rig he did and five more years he granted himself.

We all know how that turned out.

Turn to 2008. The military was being pummelled by public opinion and militancy. Soldiers were advised not to wear uniforms in public. Lal Masjid had produced an epic blowback. The lawyers’ movement had sapped military morale.

The country was going downhill and fast. Enter Kayani. Yes, Kayani.

There he was, the thinking general. The country had tired of the commando and his brashness; it wanted someone who could figure out what had gone wrong and come up with a plan to restore pride and right the balance.

Kayani was that man. He shuttered the ISI political cell and pulled spooks and soldiers out of politics. He made sure there was no meddling in the elections.

His real love was the army. He announced the Year of the Soldier. Service matters were attended to. Morale was boosted and pay increased.

And he would take the fight to the militants. He orchestrated Swat, first letting the politicians cut the Nizam-i-Adl deal and then expertly exploiting Fazlullah and Sufi Muhammad’s ambitions.

Months later, he took us into South Waziristan, promising to rid it of militants as part of a phased campaign to eventually recover all of Fata.

Times were still tough, but Kayani was the steady hand. He gave us the Kayani moment. Remember that?

Nawaz had threatened to march on Islamabad. Asif had panicked. Rehman Malik wanted to shoot at the protesters if they crossed Pindi. Ifitkhar Chaudhry was enjoying the attention and the storm around him.

But Kayani kept his cool. No, he wasn’t going to take over — he was too good for that. Instead, he had a word with Asif and gave his word to Nawaz and Chaudhry.

Crisis averted. The general had shown the pols how politics was meant to be done.

Come 2010, he was so good and so powerful he could do whatever the hell he liked. So he did — and gave himself a second term.

We all know how that turned out.

Now, it’s King Raheel’s turn. The same arc is there. We don’t need to go over what all he has done. The spin brigade doesn’t tire of telling us.

So, let’s try something else — figuring out how Nawaz helped him become King Raheel. Not wittingly, for Nawaz would surely like to be king himself.

But two fatal errors set the path for Raheel’s walk to glory.

The second one first — that catastrophic failure that was the Jan 2014 speech in parliament. Everything was set for the announcement of a military operation in North Waziristan.

The TTP was rampant again and had to be cut down to size. The military was itching to put the Kayani inertia behind it.

Nawaz could never be a warrior, but he could be a wartime PM. He had already shown decisiveness on Karachi.

Now, it was time to take on the TTP. But he blinked. He loved Punjab too much. Talks were to be given another chance, in the hope of winning a peace for Punjab.

The moment was gone. Five months later, after the Karachi airport attack and with the Chinese growing insistent, Raheel grabbed his chance. North Waziristan would be Raheel’s war.

As would the glory.

The other Nawaz mistake — Musharraf over India. A trade deal with India was on the table. It could have been a game-changer. But the boys didn’t like it.

And the boys were already miffed. Nawaz had vowed to put Musharraf on trial. It was as personal as it was unnecessary. The man who had made him miss his father’s funeral and put him in handcuffs would have to pay.

So Nawaz chose — and he chose wrong. He ended up getting neither — neither a trade deal with India nor Musharraf’s scalp. Counterfactuals are difficult things, but imagine if Nawaz had put his foot down on the right thing.

But that’s history. The man who would have been king helped pave the path for the man who is king. It’s Raheel’s kingdom now.

So all hail the king — and try and forget that you’ve seen all of this before.

The writer is a member of staff.

if this guy had written any thing against Modi then all the 139 comments from Indians on Dawn instead of praising him would have been cursing him telling him what mess Paksitan is in and how dare he criticise the King god Modi?

but since he knows how to get praise from Indian web force and get the increased viewer ship for Dawn website.. just play with their insecurities and they will flock over ...

I just predicted that one of you will satisfy yourself your self with this article.. and I know it will be reposted by one of your kind later in few days time.
enjoy.,...


by the way... one of the Dawn reporters DID write a non-flattering article against India in the past and the amount of hatred and heat rending complaints the Dawn website got from the Indians shows that the entire Indian web community was going to demand Modi to attack Pakistan starting with an attack on Dawn head quarters.

ok sir,, remain in denial,, may Allah help and show you the right path to fight against terrorism.

may all gods show your leadership the same path that was shown to Indra and Rajev Gandhi..
Amen

 

[Indus Falcon]

if this guy had written any thing against Modi then all the 139 comments from Indians on Dawn instead of praising him would have been cursing him telling him what mess Paksitan is in and how dare he criticise the King god Modi?

but since he knows how to get praise from Indian web force and get the increased viewer ship for Dawn website.. just play with their insecurities and they will flock over ...

I just predicted that one of you will satisfy yourself your self with this article.. and I know it will be reposted by one of your kind later in few days time.
enjoy.,...


by the way... one of the Dawn reporters DID write a non-flattering article against India in the past and the amount of hatred and heat rending complaints the Dawn website got from the Indians shows that the entire Indian web community was going to demand Modi to attack Pakistan starting with an attack on Dawn head quarters.


may all gods show your leadership the same path that was shown to Indra and Rajev Gandhi..
Amen

Irfan Sahab well said. Thank You.

 

[Irfan Baloch]

Irfan Sahab well said. Thank You.

this happens every single time.. so low self esteem some of these people have that they look for such articles and if its against Pakistan then its the win for the freedom of expression but if the author questions the ills of India then its a travesty and the same praising force chides the author for daring to question the awesomeness of India when its own country is going trough a rough patch.

the reality is.. if someone speaks up then the internet is disconnected in India and who knows what happens to the person... lol

 

[SHAMK9]

As an outsider, I think the problem Pakistan faces is the 'saviour' complex

Indians clearly suffer with the same complex with Modi

 

[notorious_eagle]

This is actually quite funny.

All the Pakistanis on Dawn's Comment Section and PDF are bashing the writer and praising Raheel Sharif while the Indians are praising the writer on Dawn and PDF.

I guess this is proof enough that General Raheel Sharif is indeed doing his job, and commands respect of his own people and draws the ire of the his enemies. That's all the proof we Pakistanis need.

 

[MastanKhan]

The King is famous

 

[WaLeEdK2]

This is why Raheel Sharif is praised so much

70% decline in terrorist attacks in Pakistan - The Express Tribune

Give him 5 more years and he'll completely change the nation for the better.

 

[NaMaloom]

What makes you think Indian Military does not sabotage peace processes with Pakistan? It has always been funny for me when an Indian lectures me to boycott or cricticise my country's Army. And for the response part he is nobody to categorize Pakistanis into average, below average or whatever and it is none of his business to lecture us. Mind your own business is the term I think.

Indian Military does what it wants but its generals do not have the power to set their country's foreign and domestic policies, nor do they take power through a coup. Learn to give credit where its due.

 

[I.R.A]

Popularity of a political leader is based on his performance.

There you said it yourself, you emphasized on political leaders, but it is true for any leader. I won't go into further details whether you like it or not Modi is loved and admired for his anti-Pakistan obsession, stance and statements. This is how I look at it. And for Raheel being a king I already demanded that where is the criticism of his actions in this article? Where has author mentioned any mistakes that Raheel made so far? The author has just foretold and predicted what is going to happen in future based on what happened in the past. He failed to treat different people separately and drew a biased conclusion.

Indian Military does what it wants but its generals do not have the power to set their country's foreign and domestic policies, nor do they take power through a coup. Learn to give credit where its due.

When was the last time a coup happened in Pakistan? 1999 I think or 2000, from 2008 through 2015 how many numerous opportunities arose where 111 could have jumped over the gates and kicked them out again, did they do it? Learn to give credit where it is due, bring some constructive criticism to educate and convince me, for the time being whatever you have said is out of your hate for them, hollow expressions without single question mark raised at what Raheel did wrong as an Army Chief?

 

[third eye]

if this guy had written any thing against Modi then all the 139 comments from Indians on Dawn instead of praising him would have been cursing him telling him what mess Paksitan is in and how dare he criticise the King god Modi?

You woul;d be surprised at the amount of anti Modi policies posts & articles that happen in Indian media & in rallies.

This is actually quite funny.

All the Pakistanis on Dawn's Comment Section and PDF are bashing the writer and praising Raheel Sharif while the Indians are praising the writer on Dawn and PDF.

I guess this is proof enough that General Raheel Sharif is indeed doing his job, and commands respect of his own people and draws the ire of the his enemies. That's all the proof we Pakistanis need.

This is exactly how Indians feel when we read anti Modi stuff here & in Pak Media.