PAF Chief chosen by US?

[JonAsad]

And the only one area they fight against US pressure when it is coming to India..

In fact enmity towards India is one of the main reason for the togetherness of Pakistani top brass..

thats the reason there is no backlash of any sort from the people, so Simple isn't it?
The lose controversial stand that Musharraf took on kashmir was his own personal brain fart?

 

[sergente rehan]

I will not say that U.S. selected PAF Chief. There are only few persons qualified for this rank and among those few the President have to select one. It doesn't matter if U.S. favour one of them, bcz that person is also qualified for this position and is on merit. Generally President try to choose one who he think will create less problem to their authority and obviously U.S. suggests the President to choose one who favours more U.S. You can't question the loyalty and the job of all 3 chiefs simply bcz U.S. favour them, they will do their job anyway! Now days it's a bit diffrent story, it's not same as in the past.

 

[SQ8]

Sir, who is the authority, you mentioned in your previous post? America?

He was chosen by the president..
for two reasons..
he is quiet..does not question authority..
second.. his extended family has a few links to the PPP establishment in Karachi..
Which is why some of them.. who had otherwise shunned the Rao in the middle.. brought it back..

 

[Spring Onion]

Think about it..
PAF and PN chiefs were selected by Zardari so then what do you expect? But I dont believe they are anti-pak agents its just that they are more "YES Sir" towards government policy.

Very right. there are many objections over PN chief choice for submarines that is seen more near to Zardari commission co

 

[AstanoshKhan]

He was chosen by the president..
for two reasons..
he is quiet..does not question authority..
second.. his extended family has a few links to the PPP establishment in Karachi..
Which is why some of them.. who had otherwise shunned the Rao in the middle.. brought it back..

Guess what, who chose the president then? and a more intriguing question is; during Musharraf's tenure, who killed Musaf Ali Mir and the cream of PAF in Kohat incident? When the US presence in the region were on the peak - allotment of Pakistani air base and drone strikes?

In a nutshell, in todays time, Reality and Appearance is always opposite to each other and damn we got to live with that.

 

[BATMAN]

We need to get rid of this system that President can by pass the recommendation of institution.

 

[Windjammer]

Nothing can be far from truth, the case has been discussed here before.

Shahid Latif was as good as they come, in fact he was the the first PAF pilot to bring the F-16 into Pakistan. However sadly over the years, he has developed a medical condition leading to panic attacks.

 

[Awesome]

There is no way they were chosen without the consent of Kayani. There is no way the US didn't have at least some say in the appointment of Kayani. I know Anne Paterson may protest to my opinion on this, but she may not even be privy to such matters either.

But lets be honest, Kayani has proven himself to be nobody's yes man or stooge. So by extension, I doubt the PAF chief or the PN chief are going to be American stooges either.

Influences are there, they give us money, that always makes them our superior to put it bluntly. However the definition of stooge only fits for our political leadership than our military one.

 

[RoYaL~GuJJaR]

lol, This is news for me

 

[rockstarIN]

For the larger interest of the nation, Civilian govt should have the final say on these..lets democracy prevail

 

[AgNoStiC MuSliM]

For the larger interest of the nation, Civilian govt should have the final say on these..lets democracy prevail

I think the institution should forward a shortlist of the senior most and qualified individuals, with the Civilian head selecting one out of them, though not necessarily always THE senior most official.

Rao Qamar's name was amongst the top 3 or 4 people being recommended for the job, and therefore his selection was not unusual or necessarily controversial. As Director of Operations in the PAF during the Mumbai attacks and responsible for developing and deploying the PAF strategy to counter any potential Indian aggression after the Mumbai attacks, he did an excellent job and is by any means qualified to lead the PAF.

 

[razgriz19]

Wonder when Pakistanis would leave dragging US in every mess they themselves are responsible of?

I am sure even Americans don't know that they are involve in so many activities as so many Pakistani "intellectuals" have accused them of.

hahaha good point!

 

[razgriz19]

There is no way they were chosen without the consent of Kayani. There is no way the US didn't have at least some say in the appointment of Kayani. I know Anne Paterson may protest to my opinion on this, but she may not even be privy to such matters either.

But lets be honest, Kayani has proven himself to be nobody's yes man or stooge. So by extension, I doubt the PAF chief or the PN chief are going to be American stooges either.

Influences are there, they give us money, that always makes them our superior to put it bluntly. However the definition of stooge only fits for our political leadership than our military one.

well musharraf brought kayani, so i guess he did the right thing...

 

[Areesh]

By the way PAF under the leadership of so called American appointed Air Cheif is trying to decrease it's dependency on American hardware and AC's. Sh!t bad "appointment" by USA.

 

[Myth_buster_1]

Sorry to say, but let us accept the reality.... US approval is required for PM, President, Army Cheifs etc etc.

Whole Pakistan political structure is messed up, even army is not spared.

Cant say much about Army Chief cuz then ISI and Nukes will be fked