should we replace them with generals who have always proven to be mediocre when it comes to decision making even in their own professional work exhibited through blunders of 71 and Kargil.
Should we have ex-army personnel as VC of universities? Why not have ex-VCs as generals. I am sure they can perform much better at strategic decision making.
While our interior minister, supposedly one of the most powerful appointments in any nation's politics, is appearing before the courts almost every week, the personnel from agencies and military do not bother to even reply to courts in high profile cases like the missing persons.
If we don't like our cricket team, should we try and find better players or let our soccer team replace them?
to describe generals as mediocre is far too generous. these generals are more corrupt than the maligned and oh so notorious politicians. if a civilian had done to an armyman what that retard brigadier Ranjha did to Prof Malik, the civilian would be in deep shet. he wouldn't be able to resign from his post and get on with his life. he would be behind bars and that's where that thug Ranjha should be as well. but this is the diseased mindset of these FA-fail armywallas who think that we civilians are retards and only they know what's best for us because they teach them to speak English and use a knife and a fork in Kakool.
there is an excellent piece by Cyril Almeida today on the generals and what they're thinking and feeling and why us bloody civilians need to be worried. Pakistani nation definitely owes a debt of gratitude to those brave men who fought on the frontlines against the Taliban animals. but as Cyril Almedia reminded us - who allowed these animals to go from being a mere nuisance to a full fledged thread to the Pakistani state? it sure as hell wasn't the politicians. the likes of Fazlullah, Baitullah, Sufi, etc were all carefully nurtured or at least more than tolerated by Musharraf and his crony generals who today can't seem to take enough credit for the "successful operation".
anyway that's an old story... but today I would rather see a few generals hanged than see them back in power.
and you raise an excellent point about the interior minister going to the courts etc. this PPP is accused of being a treacherous party, etc. and yet its politicians do more to demonstrate that they believe in the state. Rehman Malik despite his notoriety and everything is going to the courts to face the trials as are all of them. he is not disobeying them. and these bloody generals can't even be bothered to go and answer to parliamentary committees when summoned. well guess who believes in the Pakistani state now? sure ain't our brave generals.
and as much as it pains me today because I was a big supporter of his... but why doesn't Justice Iftikhar Ch. take suo moto notice of that thug Ranjha physically assaulting and torturing the professor? the students of NUML deserve a lot of credit and praise for standing up for truth and justice. they've done well. but if the university is shut down, students are protesting, why doesn't the SC intervene here especially when it seems keen to intervene everywhere else? or does it only intervene when it can make things difficult for the govt?