The scene at the army graveyard in Rawalpindi a few days after that was grim. Soldiers had come from all over the country to bury the general with military honours. Their grief was palpable. Wreaths were laid on behalf of Kayani and most of the country’s military leadership.
Friends and family members were taken aback to be told by serving and retired officers alike that “this was not the militants; this was the army”. A great many people believed the general had been murdered to shut him up.
top leadership of our army is not ours and nor they get selected in this country. Its my belief, i dont blame the whole army and thats what our media try to show u with least possible problems caused. I fear the time when our army gets divided into 2
This is nothing new. Pakistan army has always been acting like a mafia & this should not surprise anyone. They’re above everything…including the country that they’re sworn to protect.
while what happened to the guy is sad, and any army involvement is deplorable, i love how the times tries to whitewash what is obviously blackmail. He doesnt ask for restitution or a return to his post, but an award, failing that he tells hes going to be trouble. it is painted as a soldiers desire to be dead rather than be dishonoured, but the guy isnt asking for whats rightfully his is he? and what if he was given the award, he would have been quiet about the dirt he had?
the way you react to a situation shows what you're in it for. he had the opportunity to show that he only cared about his country, and would reveal the truth to expose those generals. Instead he tried to use it to get an award. his last act was blackmail. im not sure i entirely weep blood for the guy.
shameful that generals in Pakistan army will conspire with taleban taht kills their own soldiers and civilians!
Naipaul kin murdered after 'threat' to expose Pak generals
London (PTI): A top former Pakistani army officer, who was the brother-in-law of Indian-origin novelist and Nobel laureate V S Naipaul, was murdered after he "threatened" to expose Pakistani Generals for 'deals' with Taliban militants, a media report said on Sunday.
Major-General Faisal Alavi, a former head of Pakistan's special forces who was murdered last month in Islamabad, had named two generals in a letter to the Pakistani army chief Ashfaq Kayani and had said he would "furnish all relevant proof," the report said.
Alavi, brother of Naipaul's wife Nadira, did not live to fulfil it. Aware that he was risking his life, Alavi gave a copy of the proof to a Sunday Times correspondent and asked him to publish it if he was killed.
Four days later, he was driving through Islamabad when his car was ambushed by another vehicle. At least two gunmen opened fire from either side, shooting him eight times killing him and his driver, the paper said.
As demands grew for a full investigation into Alavi's murder on November 18, Lady Naipaul described her brother as "a soldier to his toes". "He was an honourable man and the world was a better place when he was in it," she said.
Three years ago, Alavi, highly regarded by UK's Special Air Service (SAS), was mysteriously sacked as head of Pakistan's the Special Services Group (SSG), for "conduct unbecoming". The generals had cooked up a "mischievous and deceitful plot" to have him sacked because they knew he would expose them, Alavi told Kayani in the letter.
"The entire purpose of this plot by these general officers was to hide their own involvement in a matter they knew I was privy to," Alavi wrote. He wanted an inquiry, at which "I will furnish all relevant proof/information, which is readily available with me."
So where is that 'gentleman' who was constantly bickering with me when I said this dude was murdered by the top brass of the army, after I pointed out how he was forcibly and disgracefully retired by Musharraf himself. The army does not consist of angels, as evident by its COAS for the last 8-9 years. Musharraf made sinister deals with the Taliban, whilst playing a game with the west, to ensure the viability of his kursi.
So where is that 'gentleman' who was constantly bickering with me when I said this dude was murdered by the top brass of the army, after I pointed out how he was forcibly and disgracefully retired by Musharraf himself. The army does not consist of angels, as evident by its COAS for the last 8-9 years. Musharraf made sinister deals with the Taliban, whilst playing a game with the west, to ensure the viability of his kursi.
while what happened to the guy is sad, and any army involvement is deplorable, i love how the times tries to whitewash what is obviously blackmail. He doesnt ask for restitution or a return to his post, but an award, failing that he tells hes going to be trouble. it is painted as a soldiers desire to be dead rather than be dishonoured, but the guy isnt asking for whats rightfully his is he? and what if he was given the award, he would have been quiet about the dirt he had?
the way you react to a situation shows what you're in it for. he had the opportunity to show that he only cared about his country, and would reveal the truth to expose those generals. Instead he tried to use it to get an award. his last act was blackmail. im not sure i entirely weep blood for the guy.
I agree with ravage here, the letter published does give any clue at all that he wanted to expose any connection between generals and Taliban nor gives any hint whatsoever that any such connection was there.
All i can make of it is that he said if not given his rewards or appropriate job (perhaps in a civil institution) he will expose something about teh two generals.
I agree with ravage here, the letter published does give any clue at all that he wanted to expose any connection between generals and Taliban nor gives any hint whatsoever that any such connection was there.
All i can make of it is that he said if not given his rewards or appropriate job (perhaps in a civil institution) he will expose something about teh two generals.
Yeah. the guy doesnt seem quite the religious guy removed because he knew too much does he. Retired on the basis of an affair (which the article doesnt dispute) and after that trying to leverage what would either be state secrets or very important information that should be shared with the public (depending on your perspective), into a civil award.
Maj.Gen (shaheed) Faisal Alvi was a hero and an OUTSTANDING solider. A commando's commando. Do you guys remember the Pakistan Day Army parade a couple of years ago where an old officer did a HALO dive from a PAF plane on to the grounds just as SSG was marching? THAT was Maj. Gen. Alvi at 60+ years old! I have come across this man once several years ago when he was still a Colonel and man, this guy was like Sean Connery. A real loss.
Yes, it does appear that he was trying to blackmail his way to a HI but that does not mean that what Maj. Gen. Alvi was saying is incorrect. Maybe he was trying to expose some state secrets. We know that the army had some shady dealings with the so called Pakistani Taliban and that whole "aman muayda" episodes were very very sordid and shameful.
If some army officers were involved in the murder of Maj. Gen. Alvi then we know that nothing is going to happen. This is sad but reality. :(
If some army officers were involved in the murder of Maj. Gen. Alvi then we know that nothing is going to happen. This is sad but reality. :(
JaanBaazz bhaijan. I disagree. If army officers are involved, then I believe Great Zardari, the President of Pakistan will bring them to justice. Let's wait and see what Great Zaradri, the Pakistani President does, which will give a good indication whether he or others in the government believe that the army was involved.
JaanBaazz bhaijan. I disagree. If army officers are involved, then I believe Great Zardari, the President of Pakistan will bring them to justice. Let's wait and see what Great Zaradri, the Pakistani President does, which will give a good indication whether he or others in the government believe that the army was involved.
Since when civilians can interfere in army matters?
Zardari can do such things but he needs to then arrange for his jinaza. This murder reminds me of the "suicide" of Omar Asghar Khan in 2002. OAK reportedly uncovered some shady dealings of a General with relation to some land project for "rural development"
