Govt decides to appoint Lt Gen (r) Asim Saleem Bajwa as chairman CPEC authority

[VCheng]

then throw them in arabean sea. Only capable are generals

People are still needed to do the work. It is just that military supervision must be ever present in the background to ensure that things go the way they are supposed to go to suit the overlords. That is the Pakistani system.

 

[Jungibaaz]

For that you hire experts or companies which provide consultants. There is a different set of criteria to head a company. Major US think tank, university and corporation hire retired US Generals and senior enlisted for their leadership quality and experience.

If that's the case, let's just dissolve the assembly, suspend the constitution and move on to full military rule rather than this charade. Apologies if I hastily took your logic to an absurd conclusion of my own, bad habits.

People are still needed to do the work. It is just that military supervision must be ever present in the background to ensure that things go the way they are supposed to go to suit the overlords. That is the Pakistani system.

You don't mean to say khalai makhlooq are real?

Also, didn't you just say that somethings are better left unsaid?

 

[VCheng]

If that's the case, let's just dissolve the assembly, suspend the constitution and move on to full military rule rather than this charade. Apologies if I hastily took your logic to an absurd conclusion of my own, bad habits.



You don't mean to say khalai makhlooq are real?

Also, didn't you just say that somethings are better left unsaid?

Some things are indeed better left unsaid. Only the skin color of the overlords changed in 1947, suffice to say.

 

[Max]

Good pick, I’m sure he has a wealth of experience in infrastructure investment, public finances, and doubtless a background in developmental economics.

 

[VCheng]

If that's the case, let's just dissolve the assembly, suspend the constitution and move on to full military rule rather than this charade. Apologies if I hastily took your logic to an absurd conclusion of my own, bad habits.

Absolutely not! Facades are useful to take the blame when things inevitably go wrong. A convenient new facade is always easy to engineer periodically.

 

[Xestan]

Prime Minister keeps adding more fuel to the "Civilians are corrupt" fire and it will bite the Government in the backside eventually. The whole point people come up is that civilians are corrupt and who better to administer than a General? I mean, they are experts in construction, economic development, even foreign relations, what's left there for a civilian democracy?

 

[krash]

What exactly qualifies this retired military man to head this economic and infrastructural project?

Good one. By the way he isn't leading CPEC alone but being part of the system while being Chairman of one of the offices. Past experience in regard to civilian conduct wasn't so pleasant especially when stake holders found discrepancies well connected to civilian side. Kick backs & love of bribery took the toll. Inclusion of Military person or retired officer was discussed way back then the current Government.

Having the complex nature of our politics & way of handling such affairs by the politicians; it was necessary to do so. A knee-jerk reaction is nothing more than a mindset against Military based upon the rumor mills & propaganda driven campaign that politicos/hostile fueled for personal gains.

Wait, you actually believe that a military man is less corrupt than a civilian? How do you think they get appointed these posts with zero qualification? Am I to understand that Pakistan could not find ONE qualified man who was not corrupt? I could give you three names off the top of my head.

And if his appointment is not against the law then no one should have any problem with it

You know, there is a level beyond which one should not bow.

 

[newb3e]

lols fauji taking over everything!

fauji incs only interest is money and not Pakistan!

 

[Maxpane]

People are still needed to do the work. It is just that military supervision must be ever present in the background to ensure that things go the way they are supposed to go to suit the overlords. That is the Pakistani system.

Military supervision in wapda , in fpsc, in administration . i think in almost all institutions.

 

[Dil_Pakistan]

Prime Minister keeps adding more fuel to the "Civilians are corrupt" fire and it will bite the Government in the backside eventually. The whole point people come up is that civilians are corrupt and who better to administer than a General? I mean, they are experts in construction, economic development, even foreign relations, what's left there for a civilian democracy?

The civilians themselves are responsible. PM IK tried to bring many civilian technocrats/experts but the media & opposition bogged them down, from questioning their loyalties, characters, trying to proof them corrupt etc etc. The same 70-80% of media which previously said nothing about inter-f.a passers or failures being appointed at important roles.

A former military man is still somewhat immune to such dirt being thrown on him then a civilian would be.

Coming to the OP, i think it's a good decision on face of it. Obviously we will have to see the work to judge later on. Maybe bcz of being posted in Balochistan previously, i am assuming he would have overlooked the secuirty of CPEC. Probably, he could be someone who the Chinese can also trust or be comfortable with, i am assuming.

 

[VCheng]

Military supervision in wapda , in fpsc, in administration . i think in almost all institutions.

See, the wisdom of the Pakistani system as I have described it is clear and shall not be questioned because it works in delivering the results required of it.

 

[Ahmet Pasha]

Love this man.

 

[Maxpane]

See, the wisdom of the Pakistani system as I have described it is clear and shall not be questioned because it works in delivering the results required of it.

yes sir the result matter which some likes

 

[Verve]

Why is a military personal in charge of the $60 billion project?

Firstly, he is retired and a civilian now. He is highly organised and skilled in managing large scale projects. Fencing etc in Balochistan was all done under him. He knows the area from China border to Gawadar intimately from landscape to security.

Secondly, PA is the contractual guarantor of CPEC.

Thirdly, the so called best civilians technocrats (Razzaq Daud etc) brought in by Gov were recently thrown out of CPEC meetings with Chinese (at the demand of Chinese) as they were leaking information to US.

 

[ARMalik]

Question -- Is it a coincidence that as soon as Asim bajwa is appointed CPEC Chair, US/Alice Wells start to lecture Pakistan on CPEC??