Further interesting is how the whole political apparatus of Pakistan gets activated in the selection of COAS, you should have noticed that in this thread too. Even political parties who are not in power are meddling to give names of their choice for COAS. 80% of posts in this thread are political analysis of members/media and linking of political parties with COAS.
But when COAS goes towards politics, that’s haram. COAS is supposed to be an angel, but all the others have the right to become devils when required. This is the double standard on which public thrives.
A PM leading a nation of 22 crore can be corrupt but God forbid that a chief commanding 0.6 million troops gets political or corrupt. This is completely unacceptable and forbidden in Pakistan, haram by all means. After all, chief has men with guns while a PM, his cabinet, his ministers, all civil LEAs with guns and above all 22 crore public are insecure to the core, from a 4 star general who can do as he pleases.
Wonder if God gave Chief this much power or the genius high IQ public or the upright honest politicians gave him so much power over them.
And then there is a section of public holding a belief similar to their concrete faith in Allah, that pentagon chooses PA COAS. It’s written on a stone somewhere and no way in hell can it be erased.
Welcome to Pakistan - 22 crore public along with government apparatus helpless and insecure in front of a man leading 0.6 million troops. No wonder the political discussion of this thread reached 39 pages or so, so far.
No one discussed incoming COAS career or military understanding of affairs, everybody is a political analyst of expert level here.
My fair-feathered friend...
Please address the following:
1) Bad politicians are often dragged through courts, thrown in jail, disqualified, exiled, and even hanged. In public office or not. When is the last time that something similar happened to a serving colonial sepoy aka Pak Army Offr? The SC is scared of the PA. Whenever the army becomes tyrannical under a bad COAS, it remains unaccountable to any external state organ. This isn't healthy for any modern nation.
2) What mechanism of conscientious objection exists in the PA rules? If an order from a superior officer, including the COAS, is against the fundamental rights of the citizens of Pakistan and/or the Constitution more broadly, how can a Lt. Gen, Maj. Gen., Brig, Col, Lt Col, Maj, Capt, Lt., NCO, JCO, etc., report it and get the superior officer tried, investigated, and fired? How many trials for treason or similar have occurred for blatant political manipulation (illegal, against the Constitution, etc.) that has been admitted by so many previous senior offrs, and essentially by Bajwa himself (not that they need to admit it, as it's clear as day and has been going on for decades)? The person who questions illegal actions is a traitor --- the party engaging in illegal behavior can't be questioned. Amazing logic.
3) Who has been picking up people asking the very legitimate question above, unfairly and cruelly framing it (imperial British masters style) as sedition / inciting a rebellion, and torturing them? Ghosts? Aliens? Really great way to build trust.
4) If they insist on maintaining a deep state through the intel orgs they control (something nobody in their right mind can deny), then why don't they clean the slate for once and actually implement a solution that puts the country on the right track --- instead of playing musical chairs with looters, plunderers, and people who have already failed to fix the country multiple times? This is probably my biggest complaint. A deep state may be tolerated in a postcolonial quasi-failed state like Pakistan IF it is
actually looking after Pakistan's core interests (not its own vested interests). IOK --- down the drain and totally in India's hands. Just one small example. If the deep state had organized itself to protect those getting killed and raped under illegal occupation in Kashmir in the same manner as it did against domestic criticism, kya baat hoti.
5) If politicians are so bad that they offer extensions, why do the angelic chiefs accept them? Can we agree that they're both as bad?
One can think politicians are mostly pathetic and vile creatures, but answers to the above still don't absolve the full role of the military in preserving this inexcusable and unjust status quo.
My 2c.