Pakistan’s first female three-star general likely in Oct

[sparklingway]

I believed she had been superseded, but this is what The News/Jang are reporting. Is she going to become the Surgeon General, since that's the only 3 star post from the AMC?

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Pakistan’s first female three-star general likely in Oct

Shakil Shaikh
Monday, September 12, 2011

ISLAMABAD: Major General Shahida Badsha is in the run to become the first woman to earn the rank of a three-star general in Pakistan when five lieutenant generals retire in October this year.

Maj Gen Badshah is the most senior among two-star generals and currently posted at the Army Medical College. Surgeon General Lt Gen Rehan Burney, along with four other three-star generals, is due to retire in October. The others include Commander Southern Command Lt Gen Javed Zia, chairman Pakistan Ordnance Factories Lt. Gen Shujaat Zamir Dar, military secretary in the General Headquarters (GHQ) Lt. Gen Mohsin Kamal and Commander Army Strategic Force Lt Gen Jamil Haider.

“The process has already started to promote at least 5 major generals to the next rank of lieutenant general,” said a military source, confirming that five 3-star generals would retire next month.

Among others DG NLC Maj Gen Junaid Rehmat tops the seniority list of 2-star generals. He faced the brunt of opposition leader Ch Nisar Ali Khan and the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and retrieved the NLC by facing PAC and other inquiries.

Vice Chief of General Staff Maj Gen Naseer Janjua, who has served as DMO and commanded a division in Swat, is second in the seniority list. GOC Lahore Maj Gen Asim Arif comes next while GOC Sargodha Maj Gen Tariq Gilani, working in the strategic force, is 4th in the seniority list.

GOC Sialkot Maj Gen Rafiq Sabir is No 5, followed by reinstated DG Rangers Sindh Maj Gen Ijaz Chaudhary. Commandant National Defence University (NDU) is 7th while Maj Gen Raza Mohammad, currently posted at the ISI, is 8th in the seniority list.

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[53fd]

excellent news!

 

[Kompromat]

Yet another step towards the empowerment of women in Pakistan , Hats off.

 

[Rafi]

Women are overcoming many obstacles in life, in this case the Armed Forces can show the wider nation, that women are equal and in many ways better than men.

 

[muse]

Now if it was me advising ISPR, I would have suggested that the General be seen and made to be seen in as many public events, and public welfare/health/hygiene messages across the country as possible -- It sends all the right kind of signals to our society and the right kind of image for the army as representing the BEST of that society's aspirations.

 

[Rafi]

 

[shuntmaster]

^^ Is she wearing a saree? is it the formal uniform for the ladies in pakistan army?

 

[RiazHaq]

Here are some statistics and data that confirm the growth and promotion of women in Pakistan's wider labor pool:

1. A number of women have moved up into the executive positions, among them Unilever Foods CEO Fariyha Subhani, Engro Fertilizer CFO Naz Khan, Maheen Rahman CEO of IGI Funds and Roshaneh Zafar Founder and CEO of Kashf Foundation.

2. Women now make up 4.6% of board members of Pakistani companies, a tad lower than the 4.7% average in emerging Asia, but higher than 1% in South Korea, 4.1% in India and Indonesia, and 4.2% in Malaysia, according to a February 2011 report on women in the boardrooms.

3. Female employment at KFC in Pakistan has risen 125 percent in the past five years, according to a report in the NY Times.

4. The number of women working at McDonald’s restaurants and the supermarket behemoth Makro has quadrupled since 2006.

5. There are now women taxi drivers in Pakistan. Best known among them is Zahida Kazmi described by the BBC as "clearly a respected presence on the streets of Islamabad".

6. Several women fly helicopters and fighter jets in the military and commercial airliners in the state-owned and private airlines in Pakistan.

Here are a few excerpts from a recent Businessweek story written by Naween Mangi:

About 22 percent of Pakistani females over the age of 10 now work, up from 14 percent a decade ago, government statistics show. Women now hold 78 of the 342 seats in the National Assembly, and in July, Hina Rabbani Khar, 34, became Pakistan’s first female Foreign Minister. “The cultural norms regarding women in the workplace have changed,” says Maheen Rahman, 34, chief executive officer at IGI Funds, which manages some $400 million in assets. Rahman says she plans to keep recruiting more women for her company.

Much of the progress has come because women stay in school longer. More than 42 percent of Pakistan’s 2.6 million high school students last year were girls, up from 30 percent 18 years ago. Women made up about 22 percent of the 68,000 students in Pakistani universities in 1993; today, 47 percent of Pakistan’s 1.1 million university students are women, according to the Higher Education Commission. Half of all MBA graduates hired by Habib Bank, Pakistan’s largest lender, are now women. “Parents are realizing how much better a lifestyle a family can have if girls work,” says Sima Kamil, 54, who oversees 1,400 branches as head of retail banking at Habib. “Every branch I visit has one or two girls from conservative backgrounds,” she says.

Some companies believe hiring women gives them a competitive advantage. Habib Bank says adding female tellers has helped improve customer service at the formerly state-owned lender because the men on staff don’t want to appear rude in front of women. And makers of household products say female staffers help them better understand the needs of their customers. “The buyers for almost all our product ranges are women,” says Fariyha Subhani, 46, CEO of Unilever Pakistan Foods, where 106 of the 872 employees are women. “Having women selling those products makes sense because they themselves are the consumers,” she says.

To attract more women, Unilever last year offered some employees the option to work from home, and the company has run an on-site day-care center since 2003. Engro, which has 100 women in management positions, last year introduced flexible working hours, a day-care center, and a support group where female employees can discuss challenges they encounter. “Today there is more of a focus at companies on diversity,” says Engro Fertilizer CFO Khan, 42. The next step, she says, is ensuring that “more women can reach senior management levels.”

Haq's Musings: Working Women Seeding a Silent Social Revolution in Pakistan

 

[muse]

Isn't that incredible? Sari is a sexy seductive dress for women with a figure and who mean business - in Pakistan it's deemed appropriate wear for a officer - Twilight zone stuff.

 

[Mech]

Isn't that incredible? Sari is a sexy seductive dress for women with a figure and who mean business - in Pakistan it's deemed appropriate wear for a officer - Twilight zone stuff.

But true pakistanis like zarvan can tell you the folly in wearing a Saree. It is haram of the highest order, not to mention influenced by the hindoo culture.

The Islamic republic of Pakistan must change the female officer's uniform to something more dignified and appropriate , say, a burqa, or a niqab. The current scenario is downright blasphemous.

 

[forcetrip]

It is not a Saree.. Lets not attract the flies when none are needed in this topic.

 

[Zarvan]

But true pakistanis like zarvan can tell you the folly in wearing a Saree. It is haram of the highest order, not to mention influenced by the hindoo culture.

The Islamic republic of Pakistan must change the female officer's uniform to something more dignified and appropriate , say, a burqa, or a niqab. The current scenario is downright blasphemous.

Sir actually its not a saree its some kind of funny Stuff but She can wear Shalwar Kameez too with scarf on head but by the way I know she is doctor and good for her a Genral hmm but women should be not used a soldiers but doctors good

 

[Mech]

Sir actually its not a saree its some kind of funny Stuff but She can wear Shalwar Kameez too with scarf on head but by the way I know she is doctor and good for her a Genral hmm but women should be not used a soldiers but doctors good

I see your point. But dont you think the cloth reveals the body shape a little too much? A burqa will hang loose and ensure that the woman remains free and pious.

 

[Areesh]

Great. Now we are discussing Saree and Burqa etc etc on this thread. Cool

 

[Zarvan]

I see your point. But dont you think the cloth reveals the body shape a little too much? A burqa will hang loose and ensure that the woman remains free and pious.

She can wear Niqab and do the Job she is the doctor not a soldier