Joining Pak Army

[Silaaj]

Re: Joining Pak Army

@snowy_winter

^ the 24/7 mentioned above is simply a hoax and the “toughness” of the job is just that they have to be up at 7 in the morning. Thats it !! just plain punctuality and nothing else. On the other hand, if you try to measure how productive they are, you would be laughing out loud.

Its a hoax for a civilian who has never set foot inside a cantonment. Midnight patrols, route marches, round the clock defense exercises are routine matters. You are talking about a select few who have cushy posts in GHQ, but other than the COAS, VCOAS and JCSC, all other GHQ appointees get posted out as well, to hard areas like Siachen, Pannu Aqil, Sibbi, Pishin, Gwadar, Sui, Waziristan, you name it. In all these places, you are on your toes 24 hours a day. Try it.

What’s not to like? no fighting, no worries, you get nice pay check, 3-4 plots by the time you are colonel and a nice 2 crore finished house with all the fittings done right to the shower knobs when you retired hopefully as a brigadier.

Like I mentioned before, in case you missed it, the guidelines are pretty straightforward, which are parallel to what exist in civilian departments. If you do not know the details, please dont post bogus stuff.

Lt. Col and below are allotted one 10 marla plot, and one 10 marla house.
Cols. and Brigs and up are allotted one 20 marla plot, and one 20 marla house. I dont know what Generals get.
The cost of both (plots and houses) is fixed by the Defense housing directorate, which is paid by all of the officers out of their salaries. It is not free! *Their cost is jacked up by the civilians afterwards who run to them like leeches in order to snap up these houses and plots, because they know that these areas have a good reputation, good security, with neat and disciplined people living there. *

And in the lifetime of the career, the bonus is to harass civilians all around you whenever you damn please.

Couldnt come up with anything worthwhile?

Plus, you don’t have to pay a dime for telephone, electricity or gas bills,

Where are you getting your information from? Banana news?
Soldiers and NCOs dont pay bills, as they live in barracks. JCOs and Officers are billed by Wapda, PTCL and Sui Gas at the same rate as everyone else, and their supply gets cut off on non payment as well. Load shedding is as common in military units as is in your homes.

your kids get admitted in good schools and colleges and eventually universities at quarter the price and at quarter the merit level.

Military kids only have quotas in the Army Public School System and Garrison Academy System, which is their right. Other than that, they do not get any extra marks for being the son of a Major while applying to LUMS, nor do they get any discount in fees.

Moreover, you get to play two innings. That is, when you retire, you will not only get your pension check every month, but you will likely be re-employed in some national organization.

Per capita, they are far more qualified, and disciplined than their civilian counterparts. You must have seen ads of many civilian organizations specifically looking for retired army officers/soldiers. There is a reason for that.

^^ Oh and the “discounted rate” mentioned above is around 2 lakhs for getting a 1 kanal double-storey finished house worth 2.5 crores.

Stop spreading misinformation. It sounds rubbish from the get go.
A 10 marla house currently costs almost 50 lacs to an officer. And civilians gladly come up and buy these houses from them for 70 or 80 lacs.
A 1 kanal house currently costs almost 1 crore to an officer, and civilians happily leech it off of them for upto 1.5 crores.
It is these leeches who are reselling these houses at the 2.5 crore price that you speak of. Please get your facts straight.