Beyond depressing - to call a formations conference for Social Media trends is shocking (though not surprising because he is loosing respect among his command).
I am sick to my stomach on what is becoming of the institution. The COAS as a position wields too much influence even within the institution.
Bajwa needs to be graceful and not panic. If he wants any remnants of a legacy he needs to make sure he avoids such idiocies which the "yes sir" brigade will be filling his ears with.
DGISPR is not his personal PR agency and he needs to avoid using it as such. It will just exacerbate the problem. He needs to issue a well worded PR explaining his personal office's position in clear terms upto and right after the removal of the sitting PM.
The advice he needs to follow which will be the best for him personally and for the army is as follows:
He should avoid any knee jerk reactions
Avoid TV time
Avoid meeting any politicians and foreign political personalities
Focus immediately on war fighting / training type of optics
Talk about his completion of service
Talk about strategy for army and 10 Year evolution plans
Make sure the entire machinery of Intel and Armed forces protect the physical well-being of IK
He needs to find a graceful path out. The land is too scorched, and emotions can erupt at any moment.
One call from IK (which is unlikely), or in the case of his untimely and permanent exit, by one of IK's emotional workers - for people to "OIL THEIR MACHINES", and not a single institution of power will survive. People have little idea on the powder keg we are sitting on, and chasing little girls on social media shows me the depth of intellectual weakness that pervades.
This is exactly the time our enemy will try and take advantage of. If I was India, I would go after IK and watch Pakistan burn.
That charade went on for more than a decade before IK started applying pressure. Never go full banana
