Comments on: Educators in the armed forces

By: AHMED

AHMED — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:59:46 +0000

Air Cdre Durrani sir, with due respect, allow me to ask that how could you manage to get one star rank if you were deemed unfit and were discriminated. Rank and status given to you by PAF belies your claim. “There is no greater difference between men than between grateful and ungrateful people” R H Blyth quotes….

By: Khurram

Khurram — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 10:22:35 +0000

I still did not get the point of this reply besides using a few high sounding words here and there!

By: abid

abid — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 07:56:00 +0000

i think we are looking at it from teacher’s prespective only… have you ever thought that for any service army navy or airforce training years are the toughest any one dding to your troubles my it be a drill sargent or a teacher..u know the outcome.and i agree we nither have gr8 teachers nor do we have the students of tht level..still you made it to be an air cdr..not many teachers make tht far don’t u think??

By: Razi Faruqi

Razi Faruqi — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 07:01:10 +0000

Sir, I’m amazed that you continued to serve for 30 long years in an institution which you claim discriminated against you. Your rise to the rank of an Air Cdre is not only a credit to your competence but also to the fine service that realised it.

I served in the same service and have nothing but love and respect for the education branch officers that I interacted with.

Ex- PAF officer

By: Mehvish

Mehvish — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 05:30:59 +0000

Why didn’t you join a reputable institution earlier and heave a sigh of relief!!!! Please return your rank and all priviliges you are enjoying thanks to PAF if that is how you truly felt…….

By: Dilawer

Dilawer — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 04:24:57 +0000

This is a problem of Pakistani Socirty as a whole. Teachers get respect when they are knowledgeable.

By: Naved

Naved — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:55:18 +0000

If you had so much problems with being in PAF, why did you continued there for such a long time and retired as an Air Cdre, you could have taken retirement earlier and ended your misery. But it was not for the sake of education that you continued working at PAF but also your self gains, if you didnot like the environment there you should have left it much earlier.

By: Mohummud Idrees Husain

Mohummud Idrees Husain — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 07:57:14 +0000

Air Cdre (rtd) Khayyam Durrani’s letter is valid to the degree that the armed forces encourage dynamic action over abstract thought and to that degree treat knowledge other than that directly connected with warfare as amorous, even anomalous and ephemeral. This is against the nature of the fighting beast, and therefore, discouraged. PAF too encourages fighter pilots over other constituents and the overall dimensions of warfare and civilization is overlooked. It’s a pity that we haven’t outgrown the formative years and developed our own ethos of warfare, strategies and tactics, keeping our temper and culture in view. And this is true for all forces and civilian bureaucracy as well. We have not been innovative nor encouraged innovation. We must be enterprising and develop knowledge related to all aspects of our life for ourselves and by ourselves instead of living on borrowed thought. The Quran provides ample illustration for developing the methodologies for every aspect of knowledge from the rudimentary to the complex. And history too shows that only those succeed to overcome obstacles who are creative enough to develop their own solutions. Let the light of knowledge focus and expand the horizons through concentration, application and discussion.
M Idrees Husain
San Ldr (Rtd)