I was grown up in Sialkot City. Presence of Sialkot Cantt had an inherited influence with the result like majority I love and respect army. I belong to that generation in the Army is whose brain all the time. I do remember when I was studying in Islamia College there was only one Brigadier in Sialkot and his son used to come in a black colour army car. It was some cheverlot type car. I do not have much knowledge about vehicles or makes. We the masses used to see the car with much surprise, appreciation and a little fear. The Brigadier’s son though son of a very big gun as per those old times of early 1960s but really was a very nice one who ever tried to show that he was son a mighty but despite that sons of ordinary masses like me keep to stay at distance out of our inferiority or military fear I do not know. When in 1966 I started as a clerk in the civil fortunately I was attached with a uniformed person. My experience was military officers working in civil were more better than civilians in many matters. I have till today never accepted that Pakistan army was ever defeated by Indian army. It is my firm belief morally and principally it is victory of Pakistani army that Indian forces could not in traditional terms defect Pakistani army and a small army stood and faced a six time more heavy weight wrestler. The lifafa columnists who today speak eg Pakistan army’s so called defeat in Kargil forget Bill Clinton’s TV interview in answer to a question saying “yes, we asked Nawaz Shaif to go back from the captured positions”. Why he asked and from which position he asked to go back? Naturally from those advanced position which Pakistani fighters or Pakistani personnel have “captured or conquered” from Indian army. I myself have read living abroad a headline in a foreign newspaper Indian Defence Minister saying “Pakistanis are still in some places and we can not push them back”.
In 1968-70 living in Karachi with my own eyes I often saw in Liaquatabad area (then known as Laloo Khait from where movement against General Ayub started) people throwing stones on buses, putting fire on tyres, stopping the traffic but as soon as army came there came a remote controlled peace and same stone throwing people turned towards raising slogans praising and entertaining army personnel out of their love and respect. There was such a fear of army no one during those days could think of rioting, throwing a stone to an army jeep. I despite having special departmental passes permitting to pass through cardoned or curfew areas in 1967-69 had no courage to pass through an army vehicle on the road.
I am not highly educated. I am an average citizen from lower middle class due to recent economic development of the country soon am near entering to the lower poverty class. I have no political affliation as my politics is my livelihood. Whatever our todays so called liberals or intellectuals may say the fact is from the very day of birth of our beloved Pakistan it is the aim of some to de-establish this country and make a Hindustan under whatever the new the label or brand it may be. Pakistan which to India was expected to get vanish in a six month or a year by the Grace of God developed speedily. These unknown forces realised that unless there is army and judiciary in Pakistan, the goal cannot be achieved as such under a deep planning of unknown-practical-players in 1971 Bangladesh was created to defame Pakistan army. Under this planning after 1971 so-called-arranged defeat every effort was made to defame Army. I remember during about 1973 there was a devastating flood in Punjab. Shahdra Town came under water. People were rescued by operation. On popular “Deehati Bhaioun Kaliay” programme of Radio Pakistan Lahore I heard an interview of an illiterate villager that “army” rescued us, I had to leave all my belongings but by “paying” to “armymen” I could get my buffalow escaped through rescue boats. The fact was army was not at all used in the operation. It was Bhutto’s created Special Security Force whose uniform was just like military which handled this operation. Villager was illiterate not able to distinguish between special force or army. This SSF was in itself created to wekan the Army. For this villager every khakhi type uniform wearer was a “Fouji”. Thus under a deep planning bad name was being given to army as in case of above villager’s example who always would keep in mind a Fauji Bhai took rishwat. To let down other organ namely judiciary Bhutto created the first ever example in the world by arresting from within the court the civil judge Sanghar. Attack on Supreme Court, humaliation of Justice Sajjad etc during Nawaz Sharif etc all are series of same cotinued game to defame army and judiciary.
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