Re: Military Service should be mandatory!
First of all, it was not until recently that the hatref of the armed forces has emerged, and it is due to the corrupt and power hungry top brass and not the entire army, not to mention the corrupt old bawa who has self imposed himself as the leader for life, along with the help of crooks like Chaudhries, Altaf etc.
Secondly, this isnt Israel, and this nation wasnt founded to be run by the army, and they cant do jack, let alone ask us to serve for one year. And yes, serving under the army for one year isnt going to really make us appreciate them anymore or any less. When was the last time these army people actually fight a war? Their lives arent as tough as you are making us believe they are.** Also, we already have too many people in the army, not to mention the fact that its a huge strain on the economy and our future track should be to make peace with India and start disarming the two countries so that peoples lives will improve**.
I understand where you are coming from but lets be honest here, under the current geo-political situation cutting down the Army will have a disastrous effect, civil authorities are just not enough or equipped to deal with these religious fanatics, or are they? the dilemma is that there is no DIPLOMATIC way either, we just can't let these morons take over.