Re: Raheel urges PM to resolve Panama issue
That general found right time for kicking the butt of PM fooling Pakis who think that this general as ‘holy cow’ is not that holy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/13/opinion/pakistan-doesnt-owe-you-a-free-
mansion.html?_r=0
Pakistan Doesn’t Owe You a Free Mansion
**This might have stayed a mere debate if Pakistan’s army chief, Gen. Raheel Sharif (not even remotely related to Mr. Sharif), hadn’t then sacked six senior army officers, including two generals, on charges of smuggling and other forms of corruption. One of the generals was accused of getting two officers killed while test-driving a smuggled Nissan Fairlady.
It turns out that some of those army officers were actually sacked last year without facing a military court, and that they will continue to receive pensions and medical benefits. But never mind that. The timing of the army’s public announcement sent a clear message: We don’t tolerate corruption in our ranks; civilian governments shouldn’t either.
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There is no public debate about the army’s financial affairs because we treat our generals like conquering heroes. But conquering heroes take what they think is theirs, and even while fighting very long wars inside and outside Pakistan’s borders, the armed forces have managed to deal in real estate, make fertilizers, run bakeries and sell breakfast cereals. All of these activities are legal, because at one point a military dictator or a weak civilian leader sanctioned them.
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