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CHIEF DON'Ts : Talat Hussain

Sigh even if i agree with you than these so called civilians in such a long time has done nothing compared to military on which people should praise them so it isn't military's fault if people love them and hate these incompetent corrupt thieves people do pay attention to military's mistakes in the past but it overshadows the damage these thieves have done to this country.

Sir, its not a military's fault or civilians. The issue that you don't talk about, because your own personal allegiance is that no militarily in the world is self glorifying. Take a look at India (obviously you didn't like the US military's example) or even KSA .

The Indian military also helps out with floods, earth quakes and all. I've never seen their media and the international media talking about their generals and how superhuman they may be. When in reality, these guys are just doing their jobs. And jobs, for which they are paid very well for by tax the payer public. And then these guys use the money from the same Tax payer and make it into a media budget to promote how "great" they are doing at their job? How insane is that? And whatever doesn't get done, they blame it on the media. Besides Mr. RS, all previous generals have been involved with corruption. But that's ok, because the media machine will still show the 15-20 years of civilians rule as the worst night mare and the real worst nightmare, the 55 years of rule, would be shown as Godsend. Imagine making a fool out of a nation based on media campaigns like this.

I haven't see too many examples in the human history like this, unless you go to Iraq, Libya, etc. But hey, whatever works for you guys.
 
And then these guys use the money from the same Tax payer and make it into a media budget to promote how "great" they are doing at their job? How insane is that?
I think you're confusing them with Nawaz sharif daughter's media cell army doesn't need to do this kind of BS otherwise you wouldn't be reading this article.
Besides Mr. RS, all previous generals have been involved with corruption. But that's ok, because the media machine will still show the 15-20 years of civilians rule as the worst night mare and the real worst nightmare, the 55 years of rule, would be shown as Godsend. Imagine making a fool out of a nation based on media campaigns like this.
Oh yes a lot of them were corrupt but isn't it surprising that Pakistan's richest people are NS and Zardari? and after them their relatives or friends not many generals in there...
and you don't know what media campaign is in Pakistan and how NS or other political party's use media houses and even down to anchors like propaganda tools not only against each other but also against army this article here is just 1 example of that you're an american so obviously you would don't know anything about our media and how they work. Again they don't need to make a fool out of anyone we Pakistani's know who is loyal to this country and who isn't. I have already shown you why and how civilian rules were nightmares for us.
Btw you obviously haven't seen indian media praising their military and modi that's why you're giving their example.
 
Jew T.V forgets he is still chief and have great respect in military and from civilians. Soon paid stoog jew T.V taste the dust. what rabish article desprado wrote totally nonsense.
 
Ok...even I have been critical of Gen Raheel Sharif's few (in)actions in the last few months...like in dawn leaks case... But Talat hussain has purely written this article, out of hate for the general... He thinks Gen RS has done nothing at all, in these 3 years except photo op..yea right.... So he thinks all Gen RS has done, is what shouldnt have been done at all, while he could not point out even a single positive of Gen RS... He thinks .gen. RS was pure evil, with not an iota of good in him... Woww...so much for balanced reporting... Cant believe, there was a time, tht i liked Talat hussain, and thought he was a man pf integrity.. But from day 1, since he joined geo, he has become a completely different man, finding all faults with only military,and no fault of political govt

Another point, where u can be sure, tht this article is written out of pure hate, is when he says tht Zarb e azb should have been completed in 2 months, and its all Gen Raheel Sharifs fault tht it hasnt ..while completely ignoring lack of actions on part of civilian govt, and conveniently blamed it all on general Raheel Sharif
 
What shocks me more than anything is that even after a visible drop in terrorist activities,self proclaimed rationalists still question Op Zarb E Azb. Another interesting phenomenon i have seen is that these journalists without any proof assume too much about military and write articles blaming military, yet they never take a pain to write about visible corruption cases of politicians, the deliberate killing of protestors.
Military needs reform, they should not be interfering in politics yet the criticism of dysfunctional democracy because of politicians' own follies should be swept under the rug because so called democracy is nascent and it needs time.
My dear gone are the days when media and journalist were impartial. Now their deity is money, they sing the song of those who pay them more. Least pushed about what is right or wrong. for them only right is rating.
 
since he joined geo, he has become a completely different man
Because of $$$
Another point, where u can be sure, tht this article is written out of pure hate, is when he says tht Zarb e azb should have been completed in 2 months, and its all Gen Raheel Sharifs fault tht it hasnt ..while completely ignoring lack of actions on part of civilian govt, and conveniently blamed it all on general Raheel Sharif
Sometimes it feels like as if it's written by an Indian...
 
... Cant believe, there was a time, tht i liked Talat hussain, and thought he was a man pf integrity.. But from day 1, since he joined geo, he has become a completely different man, finding all faults with only military,and no fault of political govt
I also liked him but he prepared his grounds for joining THE channel well before he joined it. باپ بڑا نہ بھیا سب سے بڑا رپیہ
 
As predicted/expected After Raheel Sharif retirement, Paid Media cell and paid media dogs start barking on RS and the game begin from Talat Hussain lolzzzzz

I will vote a person who will shut down this Barking Media Group aka JEW & JANG (PTV2)
 
As predicted/expected After Raheel Sharif retirement, Paid Media cell and paid media dogs start barking on RS and the game begin from Talat Hussain lolzzzzz

I will vote a person who will shut down this Barking Media Group aka JEW & JANG (PTV2)
And what about Madam Patwaran's Paid Media Cell which is spreading all this mess.
 
The new army chief, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, has his work cut out. In the crucial years that lie ahead, his to-do list is long. But this list is also predictable. There is belligerent Delhi, scheming Kabul, badly-inclined Iran and the new face of terrorism, the Islamic State, drawing dispersed groups on our own land.

However, the less-imagined is his don’t list. This list, if prepared dispassionately, can bring greater clarity towards the tasks at hand. In preparing the don’t list, the COAS can learn from his predecessor, General (r) Raheel Sharif. And what he needs to learn essentially is how not to be like him in several key respects.

In the first instance, the new chief has to revive the army’s institutionalised decision and planning mechanism that has been severely damaged by General Raheel’s endless self-projection and self-centeredness. Many unfortunate consequences flowed from this policy. One, everything flowed towards the person of the COAS, and the rest of the institution was marginalised in what represented the entire army in the public sphere. Press releases and tweets in praise of the general’s activities substituted what ought to have been articulation of collective weight and wisdom of senior commanders on serious matters.

It is true that the army is not a parliament of equals: the one who sits at the head carries the maximum authority. But it is not a one-man rule institution either. It cannot be in the modern day and age. The army chief’s personal profile has to reflect the institution’s deliberated and studied policy. The new COAS can bring this side of his office back to life and put a reasonable ceiling on his personal media profile that touched insane heights under his predecessor.

The second consequence of General Raheel’s media-domination strategy was the tendency to commit to irrational goals that were militarily nebulous but did resonate with a public addicted to the mumbo jumbo of quick-fixes. So the big claims went something like this: terrorism has been eliminated; terrorists have been totally neutralised; parts of Fata are close to becoming Switzerland; by December all internally displaced families will be back in their homes; Pakistan’s borders have become totally secure. The list goes on and on.

This excessive embellishment of modest gains created exceptionally embarrassing situations. When in the middle of tall claims spectacular terrorist attacks happened there were no answers to be given only more bluster and more rhetoric. In this year alone, there have been close to 400 violations of Pakistan’s territorial perimeter from the eastern and north-western sides. Three years’ tally sits close 800. Now that is a scary figure but one that underscores the precarious nature of the country’s external environment and demands thoughtful deliberations.

Almost 80,000 families (some 800,000 people) still await return to their homes. This is a grim reality that rains on the pompous parade of achievements. A military commander’s claims must be borne out by facts. The new army chief must bring some realism to posturing on success and resist the temptation of playing to the gallery at the cost of professional credibility.

The third consequence of General Raheel’s media manoeuvre was to create a bubble of political expectations and let a vast group of jackals, hyenas and vultures constantly chase the potential hunt that was the sitting government. There can be many reasons to insist that the Nawaz government doesn’t deserve to be in power and early elections should be considered a serious possibility, but all paths to this change must go through the constitutional door.

On General Raheel’s watch there were any number of events that bordered on conspiracy to oust the sitting government through suspect methods, and his command was seen playing an underhand hand in this trouble by stoking the image of ‘change being imminent’. A countless number of times his name showed up on posters, in campaigns, as a third umpire in protests and in serious conversations across the diplomatic tables about causing the government to collapse and yet not once did he officially disassociate the army or himself from this amazing drama of hopes and dreams.

Generally, the army chief’s office, like all high offices, is exceptionally sensitive to needless controversies. That was exhibited recently when the head of a banned organisation tried to hurl an insane charge against one of the five candidates for the office of army chief but was slapped down so hard that he had to issue a rebuttal in less than 24 hours. This happened because he was told to take back his words and not play dirty politics with a name that could become the army chief. He obliged. He understood the consequences of not obliging.

That’s how neutrality can be ensured, and how effectively an important office can be protected from being used for petty gains by others. General Raheel did not do that. While he never crossed the constitutional line beyond which lies the murky world of coups, he allowed his name to float around scandalously close to the constitutionally alien territory.

There is reason to believe that a veritable army of crystal-ball gazers was nurtured. They vented their venom on screen as information for years, making a complete fool of this nation and pretending to represent the ‘Raheel thinking’. They operated with impunity. They cited ‘defence sources’ freely. They claimed they had been briefed. They had more ‘leaks’ from high security meetings than any hard-working journalist can dream of. They toured Fata. They sat in formal briefings and benefited from informal conversations where news agendas were set. They were never stopped as they marinated their declared goals against a sitting government in General Raheel’s deep praise.

This was accompanied by deliberate myth-building around Gen Raheel as the ‘greatest general’ to have ever walked the face of this country. Every step he took to go to his office was made to sound like a favour to the nation. Every ordinary visitor who complimented him out of courtesy was shown as an endorsement of his exceptional leadership. Every customary medal or an official sash given by the hosts was catapulted to the level of the Victoria Cross. Politicians repeated the hand-written script of greatness because sucking up to the chief of army staff is a long tradition. The media lapped up, or had to lap up, the official line. Others reinforced this image because this made them look ‘so patriotic’. So the folklore spread far and wide.

This was needless. Being the chief of the Pakistan Army is legendary enough. When a nuclear-armed force of under a million is at your disposal, you are very, very important already. You don’t need dubious everymen to become your brand ambassadors. Allowing them to play this role is to deface the office of the army chief. The new army chief needs to cut himself off from this sorry tradition of his name being debated freely in useless political conversations made by frivolous men and women.

And finally the new chief must bring military operations like Zarb-e-Azb out of the temple of mindless worship to the hard planning board of the military directorate (which is where an army chief has to be seen instead of on screen at PR functions). Operation Zarb-e-Azb is an important operation with results but is also a continuation of previous equally important operations with just-as-important results. The sacrifices of men in Zarb-e-Azb stand equal to those who were martyred in the Malakand, Dir, Buner, Bajaur, Mohmand, Kurram, Orakzai and South Waziristan, to name just a few.

Operation Zarb-e-Azb is the endpoint of a decade-long journey the nation has taken along side its forces on a path that is awash with the precious blood of beautiful sons. But like all military operations of the past this one too must be scrutinised and evaluated, and hard decisions taken about its future. This operation in North Waziristan was initially planned to close in two months at a cost of 25 billion rupees. How come it got stretched to two and half years with a 200 billion rupee bill without any closure in sight?

The new chief would do well to take an honest stock of what transpired in the last three years and learn, without malice and ill-will, what not to do now that he occupies this coveted throne of thorns and roses for a full tenure.


The writer is former executive editor of The News and a senior journalist with Geo TV.

https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/167980-Chief-donts
More than General Raheel, it is Gen Asim Bajwa (not Chief-Elect Qamar Bajwa) who should be credited with orchestrating the Media Management. Two of the most noticeable changes in Army's media management strategy were
1-The involvement of ISPR in Media reached unprecedented heights. Usage of ISPR as a strategic tool for information management was unprecedented. If the nation knew any other name besides General Raheel, was General Bajwa. Gen Bajwa even surpassed the traditional second most persona in the army i.e. DG-ISI Gen Rizwan Akhtar who most remained committed to his work than gaining media attention (To his professional credit).
2-Never has been ISPR been led by a Lt-General. Bajwa's ascension to Lt-Gen indicated the army considering ISPR as a strategic tool for furthering national,political and military interests akin to a new Corps in with Gen Bajwa being the Corps Commander. General Raheel may not have been explicitly involved in projecting himself. But Gen. Bajwa, to his credit, carried this task with all the dedication.
But would Army make any revamp to such strategy, i don't think so. Maybe some tweaks here and there but largely in place, we will have another savior who will likely overshadow all others before him, only to be overshadowed by the person who would replace him at retirement.
There are always pros and cons. Like I always say, military's interests are 1)Vast and 2)Ever expanding. Media is a strategic tool for gaining influence, at least domestically. So it would be a nonsense to think that New Chief would abandon it. However, net of projection, if the new chief is able to root out extremism and take a stern stance on homegrown non-state actors, this would mark a significant victory in the war against terror and extremism.
General Raheel was among the finest of soldiers, despite some obvious requirements put in place by institutional philosophy. his work is rather well done.
 
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Can expect this only from geo tv or 2 other media outlets it's really a good thing that RS retired on time otherwise i can imagine to what new low's these sellouts can stoop to. What a brilliant attempt of character assassination of RS shame on this a****e lakh di lanat BC :hitwall:
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Just wait the other 2 dogs (Et&Dawn) will soon start barking too.

See this , Indian jurnos can only dream of doing that ---- no ink thrown , no one beaten in front of police, no one called him Indian agent, no nothing! Quote as many Indians ----

Politicians repeated the hand-written script of greatness because sucking up to the chief of army staff is a long tradition. The media lapped up, or had to lap up, the official line. Others reinforced this image because this made them look ‘so patriotic’. So the folklore spread far and wide.
 
in pakistan everyone has a price. how much you got talat for this cr*p? probably he got paid the day he joined jew news.
 
This article by Talat Hussain is reminiscent of a women's complaint to her husband after 30 years of marriage saying "Tum nay sari zindagi mere liye kuch nahi kiya"

If you look closely, you can clearly read in between the lines, the message is clearly from Mariam Safdar media cell filled with envy for Gen. Raheel's popularity among the masses which dwarfed "Abba Jee's" legacy.
 
Pakistan own presstitudes at it again. Can clearly see between the lines as to who paid him to write this trash.
 
Raheel sabh na kaam adhoora chor dia ab miyan keh kuttay bhonkay gay khoon zoor zoor say! Hope new cheif takes tye next step and cuts heads of snakes
 

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