Governance and army’s role
THIS refers to the news report ‘Security forces allowing extremists to attack minorities: HRW’ (Feb 2). It is a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report which has accused the government of utter failure in checking the rampant violence of all sorts, while the military has been made cynically the final subject of criticism.
The army in no way interferes in the political functioning of government even if the government performance remains poor.
The army helps when its effort is formally requisitioned by the civil government. Whenever the army takes over any task, it acts with absolute neutrality, without any favour or malice.
The army does not encourage any terror group or sect to victimise minorities or a particular sect. In fact, our defence forces are one elite institution where cast, colour, creed and sect is never questioned.
Everybody in the forces is comrade/brother-in-arms.
In Balochistan, the army acts legally when called for to prevent a few hundred terrorists taking the whole province hostage.
They are not only terrorists but traitors as well, collaborating openly with foreign agencies and in ultimate analysis; history proves that causes of their miseries would always be located within their own leaders.
The army is a disciplined force of dignity and honour and speaks only discreetly, even in its defence but it does not mean that it is short of words to present realities.
Your correspondent has not only injured the pride of about a million of serving and retired soldiers but by implication has also
towed the line blindly of the forces that are keen to strike at our centre of gravity for survival i.e., the army.
BRIG (Dr) (Rtd) ASLAM KHAN NIAZI
Lahore
In army caste, creed and sect is never questioned, can the writer clarify why then quota system is applicable in recruitment which make army a provincial army. Lashkar e Toiba, Lashkar e Jhanghvi, Sipah e sahaba and punjabi Taliban all are based in Punjab why army do not launch operation clean up in Punjab as it did in east Pakistan, Sindh, Balochistan and NWFP. Keep on living on your false pride while is in the process of disintegration and the mightiest army is watching it sitting in DHA villas.
Army protected Musharraf’s illegitimate rule. Even now Kayani issued statement giving impression that he supports super corrupt Aslam Beg, which saved him from jail. These generals have destroyed fabric of the society. Kayani will probably try and go to Musharraf and Beg’s graves to save them. The only benefit of hs 3 year extension was saving Aslam Beg from justice. Shame
I have never seen such a rank untruth told in the Dawn. While I defend the right of Brigadier Aslam Khan Niazi to air his views in Dawn and Dawn’s right to publish it. Dawn is a great, honest, unbiased and courageous news paper in Pakistan, a flickering hope of sanity in a paranoid land.
I don’t know if Brigadier Niazi’s own children or his family and his military brethren would believe in his outlandish lies. I am sure, to the contrary, they are embarrassed by his rank lies.
Let us see if any one here, including his own military brethren, supports or believes him in these upcoming comments. I would be stunned.
My Dear Brig. Niazi-in case you don’t know let me tell you that Dawn as a newspaper goes out of it’s way to publish all those stories, articles and editorials that are derogatory or can provide the fodder for “our aman ki aasha walay” friends to spew their hate. For that I give full credit to Dawn and its team of people including the likes of NFP etc.
But rest assured there are people out there who still support our Armed Forces and appreciate their service to the nation. Too pity my words of support might not make it to you since chances are DAWN won’t post it. So much for the freedom of speech.