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Zardari disappoints heirs of blast victims
Sunday, December 06, 2009
By Muhammad Saleh Zaafir
ISLAMABAD: The supreme commander of the armed forces was conspicuous by his absence in the funeral of valiant officers, Jawans of Army and their relatives, including children, who were martyred on Friday in a suicide attack at a Rawalpindi mosque.
He did not take trouble to visit the injured in the hospitals like early occasions. According to the Constitution, the president, who is the supreme commander of the armed forces by the virtue of his office and make appointments of the services chiefs, did not even turn up to visit the injured of the blast.
Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Tariq Majeed, Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and other senior officials, including some ministers, did attend the funeral of the officers and Jawans on Saturday while the COAS visited the hospital to inquire after the injured but President Asif Zardari was not present at any of the places where he could be seen consoling the loved ones of the martyred and offering a word of encouragement to those who sustained injuries.
The Article 243 of the Constitution that deals with the Command of Armed Forces narrates in the following clause as [(1A) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provision, the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces shall vest in the President.]
The sources told The News that the presidents disinterest in the efforts of the armed forces was obvious during the operation in the Malakand Division and later the ongoing action in South Waziristan since he visited once briefly and cosmetically to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of Swat but he was not seen even for once during the ongoing operation. He stayed away from the IDPs of South Waziristan and Peshawar blasts victims of last month also could not see him visiting them when the prime minister, the COAS and others visited the injured in Peshawar.
The families of the martyred and injured have badly felt the constant absence of the president on all such occasions who is supposed to express solidarity with the victims. The Presidency is in habit of issuing stereotype messages after every such incident while the interior minister rushes to the media for making similar statements. He has been asking for an inquiry report of every incident but he could not share with the people the outcome of one single report in any of the deplorable incidents.
The relatives of the martyred and injured have appreciated the military leadership, especially COAS General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, who stood by them shoulder to shoulder at every occasion to share their grief without bothering about his own security. He met the relatives of the martyred and injured on Saturday. Prime Minister Gilani also attended the funeral of the martyred on Saturday. President Asif Zardari was reportedly engaged in fine tuning of the campaign to launch a drive for the enrolment for the PPP on Saturday and detailed information was provided to the media in the evening in this regard.
The relatives of the martyred and injured have expressed their dismay over the disinterest of the president in their well being at the testing times for them. No plausible justification of the presidents attitude has ever been given on this count.
Zardari disappoints heirs of blast victims
Sunday, December 06, 2009
By Muhammad Saleh Zaafir
ISLAMABAD: The supreme commander of the armed forces was conspicuous by his absence in the funeral of valiant officers, Jawans of Army and their relatives, including children, who were martyred on Friday in a suicide attack at a Rawalpindi mosque.
He did not take trouble to visit the injured in the hospitals like early occasions. According to the Constitution, the president, who is the supreme commander of the armed forces by the virtue of his office and make appointments of the services chiefs, did not even turn up to visit the injured of the blast.
Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Tariq Majeed, Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and other senior officials, including some ministers, did attend the funeral of the officers and Jawans on Saturday while the COAS visited the hospital to inquire after the injured but President Asif Zardari was not present at any of the places where he could be seen consoling the loved ones of the martyred and offering a word of encouragement to those who sustained injuries.
The Article 243 of the Constitution that deals with the Command of Armed Forces narrates in the following clause as [(1A) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provision, the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces shall vest in the President.]
The sources told The News that the presidents disinterest in the efforts of the armed forces was obvious during the operation in the Malakand Division and later the ongoing action in South Waziristan since he visited once briefly and cosmetically to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of Swat but he was not seen even for once during the ongoing operation. He stayed away from the IDPs of South Waziristan and Peshawar blasts victims of last month also could not see him visiting them when the prime minister, the COAS and others visited the injured in Peshawar.
The families of the martyred and injured have badly felt the constant absence of the president on all such occasions who is supposed to express solidarity with the victims. The Presidency is in habit of issuing stereotype messages after every such incident while the interior minister rushes to the media for making similar statements. He has been asking for an inquiry report of every incident but he could not share with the people the outcome of one single report in any of the deplorable incidents.
The relatives of the martyred and injured have appreciated the military leadership, especially COAS General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, who stood by them shoulder to shoulder at every occasion to share their grief without bothering about his own security. He met the relatives of the martyred and injured on Saturday. Prime Minister Gilani also attended the funeral of the martyred on Saturday. President Asif Zardari was reportedly engaged in fine tuning of the campaign to launch a drive for the enrolment for the PPP on Saturday and detailed information was provided to the media in the evening in this regard.
The relatives of the martyred and injured have expressed their dismay over the disinterest of the president in their well being at the testing times for them. No plausible justification of the presidents attitude has ever been given on this count.
Zardari disappoints heirs of blast victims
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