Saluting the Armed Forces of Pakistan

Recently there has been a planned propaganda against the armed forces of Pakistan in international media that they are incapable of defending their country and especially nuclear arsenals. One can understand if this propaganda is hyped by the enemies of Pakistan that why they are doing so but unfortunately our own politicians and media are spreading this misconception (not able to defend country and nuclear weapons) among the people of Pakistan and by doing so they are also helping the enemies of Pakistan in some way. They do not have the vision of this problem that if they continue to malign Pakistan’s armed forces then what impact it can have on country. Armies can never succeed in any war without the support of their nation and same is the case with us. We have to support our armed forces in order to fight these terrorists and our other enemies.

Before going further, let me first list some of the sacrifices made but our forces which will show that they are the ones who are fighting against our enemies. It’s not the politicians or the media who is fighting this war. Both have failed to deliver their responsibilities. It’s the armed forces of Pakistan which are ensuring the safety of these politicians and media. Some of the attacks on our armed forces are:

1.    13^th September 2007: 20 commandoes embraced martyrdom in a suicide attack on army officer’s mess in Tarbela Ghazi.

2.       24^th November, 2007: 28 men of ISI were martyred in a suicide attack on ISI bus.

3.   21^st August, 2008: 70 people embraced martyrdom in two suicide attacks on Pakistan Ordinance Factory (POF) Wah Cantt.

4.    14 and 25 Dec, 2008: Attack on former President of Pakistan General Pervez Musharaf in which 20 people   were martyred including armed personnel.

5.      27^th August, 2009: 22 armed forces personnel were martyred in a suicide attack during aftar time.

6.    10^th October, 2009: An attack on GHQ took life of 22 people including 5 SSG commandoes.

7.  24^th May, 2011: An attack on PNS, Mahran, Karachi in which were 12 personnel were martyred.

This list goes on. Thousands of personnel from our armed forces have sacrificed their lives against these enemies of Pakistan (whether it is Talibans or any other country). But in return what are they getting today? A bad reputation from our so called politicians and free media. I remember when one reporter of private TV channel was killed in a blast, they gave him coverage for more than 50 days and each day they cried by countdown that why the culprits so far have not been arrested. Is there any media channel in Pakistan which highlights the losses of armed forces in the same way? Some media reporters and anchors only praise armed forces when they are attacked and forget everything the next day. My request to them is that if you cannot praise their sacrifices on daily basis then please do not malign them as well.

Next I thank my beloved politicians. No country needs outside enemies if they have politicians like Pakistan have in its parliament.  They are so much sincere to Pakistan that the day USA attacked Abbottabad they were busy in making new political coalitions just to ensure the safety of their own agenda of ruling Pakistan. Right now Pakistan does not have a foreign minister which is a very key post for any country. How can we communicate our policies to others when we do not have this person? The day PNS was attacked, our defence minister was not in Pakistan and his absence from Pakistan’s soil was based on political grounds. He was not on a foreign mission to serve Pakistan and even after this attack there is no statement by him so far. Our National Assembly Speaker was not in Pakistan for many days due to political issues with her own political party. What else we can expect from these so called Parliamentarians? Those who got elected due to more than 300 million fake votes are running this country. Those who do not have any experience and vision of making foreign policy, how to run a country, how to fight terrorism and so many other things are deciding the fate of this nation.

To my understanding, these politicians and media person (not all) are not doing anything which will be better for our armed forces and even for Pakistan in longer run. They are creating mistrust between our armed forces and common people and this is what is required by our enemies. Of course once this mistrust is created, any enemy can attack Pakistan and then it will be difficult for our armed forces to defend our soil without the support of nation. I am not saying here that they are playing in the hands of enemies or they have a secret mission or they are traitors, it’s just that they do not have any vision to understand things.

Our armed forces have already sacrificed enough for the security of this country and they are still doing so and I have no doubt that they will continue to do so. Our politicians should understand this thing that those who are guarding their country in hot and cold weathers are sacrificing more than those who are sitting in AC rooms and getting millions of rupees without even having appropriate experience or knowledge of what they are doing. We should solute our armed forces and stay behind them. As long as they are there, our country, this nation and our assets including nuclear are in SAFE hands.

LONG LIVE PAKISTAN ARMED FORCES