Re: Musharraf Further Isolated - Army Replaces Mushy Loyalists
What a funny title of the news :)
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Pakistan's army chief has carried out his first reshuffle of major military posts,** replacing some commanders who had been promoted by President Pervez Musharraf.**
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Well, who in any crucial post is not promoted by President Musharraf in Pakistan army? 'Some' does not come into equation, as 'all' commanders who would command Pakistan army for next 10 years are promoted by President Musharraf and are loyal to President ... and most likely any further promotion would come to those who would be loyal to President, and that includes anyone even if the person get promoted to Brigadier.
Even Gen Kiyani got promoted by Musharraf from rank of Col to Brigadier to Major General to Lt General and today to Army Chief.
When in 1999, army officers who were already generals when Musharraf became army chief revolted against their newly appointed Army Chief Ziauddin and their corrupt Prime Minister Nawaz (who had 2/3 majority in parliament), than only cuckoo mind would think that present army would let crooks in parliament do anything illegally or would side with corrupt politician against Presidency or would even keep quite if anything happen to President (whatever Army says for public consumption).
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The corps commander in the city of Lahore, Lieutenant-General Shafaat Ullah Shah, has been reassigned to the post of logistics chief at army headquarters. Shah had served as a military secretary to Mr. Musharraf.
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Now, is corps commander of Lahore a more crucial post or the logistics chief? I think that logistic chief is much more crucial post (even though the person may not command any corps). But does it matter when next corps commander of Lahore, Lt Gen Ijaz Ahmed Bakhshi is promoted to the rank of Lt Gen by President Musharraf too?
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Another corps commander in the city of Mangla, Lieutenant-General Sajjad Akram, has been transferred to a government agency responsible for earthquake reconstruction.
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Big deal? :)
Well, new corps commander of Mangla (one of most crucial corps commander) is the former deputy of the earthquake rehabilitation agency, Lieutenant General Nadeem Ahmed. Well, Lt Gen Nadeem was not only promoted by President Musharraf, but was given a very important job of earthquake rehabilitation and it shows that President trusted his capability a lot. *.
As for some thinking that war on terror is what President used to stay in power are mistaken again, because actually 'war on terror' was something that made President unpopular amongst a section of Pakistanis and weaken his rule, that President as well as army knows, but they also knew that it was necessary for Pakistan for the good of Pakistan. President went against Taliban and joined in 'war on terror' knowing that it would not give his rule strength but it would weaken the rule, would make him unpopular amongst a section of society. President and Army also knew that 'so-called religious party politicians' and other 'crook and selfish politicians' would use this 'war on terror' for their propaganda to fool uneducated and gullible masses.*