Re: Announcement of "Deal" and Uniform soon
well I think the cliché about the rank of FM being eligible only when one is a multiple or highly significant war winning General ought to be taken with a diff angle... traditionally speaking even a General was an officer only who had had extensive war, strategy and victory experience on his file. These days all armed forces including the British on whose pattern ours are designed and the US that everyone idolizes, produce 'theoretical' generals more than 'practical experience' generals. These have been inevitable post WWII changes... So why cant there be a Field Marshall out of practical necessity...? he is the grandest and most senior of Generals/Admirals/Air Marshalls now and has served the Army well. Practically he can make this move very easily...
I don't think there is talk of making Musharraf "Field Marshal" like Ayub Khan, but actually bolstering the powers of the position of Commander-in-Chief, which the President of Pakistan is also constitutionally. There will be a transfer of miilitary command (especially on key corps like Pindi and Karachi) from the COAS to the Commander-in-Chief, which is what BB is hinting at i.e. "American's and Army support Musharraf ". Also American think tanks diplomats have been suggesting the same for quite a while now.