Dedicated to you Mr Ex-President

IT HAS ALL BECOME A ONE MAN SHOW

May its soul rest in peace. Today we lay to rest the honour and dignity of every soldier of Pakistan Army. Worthy of all praise for the successful completion of this task is one and only our great President. However, one must also not forget many others who came before him and played a very significant role in snatching away the pride of our Army. Yet, the way he completed it, surely deserves appreciation.

However, what forced me to write this was not just, because I wanted to congratulate our President for successfully ripping off the Prestige of Pakistan’s armed forces but the repeated degradation of Pakistan army. Being an honest and retired army officer’s daughter, I can see it all around me. Military is being criticized repeatedly these days. I am also against the operation in our tribal areas; however, I am of the opinion that the whole of Armed forces cannot be blamed for following its top ranks orders. They have been trained to say: Yes sir! They have been socialised to accept the orders. Their training begins the moment they step into the PMA. They are left with very little choice.

Therefore, I feel we would not be doing justice for blaming all ranks for the wrong done by the top few men. Young officers feel that they our serving the nation by following the commands. The hierarchical order of army leaves very little room for officers to think as we move from top ranks to those at the bottom.

It hurts me when people criticize our armed forces. Let us not allow our great heroes to fade away from our memories. Who laid their lives to secure our future. I have often heard my father saying that an important rule in army is “Not to reason why, but to do and die ”. I believe that every soldier is fighting for us, is fighting for the country.

 All I demand is that the right people should be blamed and not the whole institution. Today my brothers are not willing to join the army; they feel it fails to give them the dignity and Praise that our father once got.

I pray for democracy, I pray for the return of our Military’s honour. I pray for that following verses to echo in the minds and hearts of every patriotic Pakistani once again:

“Aye Rahe Haq keh Shaheedo, Wafa ki Tasweero,

Watan ki main aur betian salam kehti hai..”