Re: Importance of Soldier in Pak Army ?
i just want to know what is the status of sipahi (soldier) in Pak Army why in record books shaheed soldiers are not recorded by name , rather recorded in numbers for officers record are made by name but for jowans there are only counted and why officers don't care how many jowans die in war why 1 soldier is eqaul to one horse in record books
meher,
I'm not too aware of this, but yes like pointed above, this may be a part of the British tradition and system which all Armies, Indian, Pak, BD, SL etc must be following among many other traditions most of which are valuable and logical.
As far as what i think on this, Army No. is awarded to all soldiers; officers and men and all their records are based on the no. As such even when it's said that an officer by the rank and name of this and this did this or was martyred or was awarded this or that, his/her Army No. is quoted along. And like Sa1eem said, the tradition to quote soldiers by No.only and officers by name may be a tradition, but in no way doews it mean that a soldier is considered second class or mere 'canon fodder'. Not at all! And some of the points Sa1eem mentions sum it up well how well soldiers are regarded and taken care of. And those that attain gallantry awards are saluted even by Gens.