ISLAMABAD: Army generals are still upset for having been “unfairly criticised” by federal ministers.
The seething resentment in the military ranks was obvious as generals met for the corps commanders’ conference at the General Headquarters on Wednesday.
Army
Chief General Raheel Sharif, who presided over the meeting, had earlier
in the week publicly stated the concerns when he told peeved Special
Services soldiers in Tarbela that army “will resolutely preserve its own dignity and institutional pride”.
Gen Raheel’s statement had effectively blown away the façade of civilian and military leadership being on the same page.
Although
not stated in so many words and masked as “unfair criticism”, the anger
is because of former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf’s trial on
charges of high treason and what is being seen as his public humiliation
by some ministers.
The generals are also said to be displeased
with the manner in which the government has proceeded with the peace
dialogue despite their reservations.
According to an officer who
witnessed the proceedings of the Corps Commanders Conference, the
intensity of the feelings on the issue remained high.
“The
situation can be addressed only once there is realisation….,” a source
said, indicating that commanders were finding the government indifferent
to their complaints.
Unlike the media release on Gen Raheel’s
comments in Tarbela, the matter was not reflected in the statement on
the meeting at GHQ.
The army chief was quoted in the ISPR release
as having commended his ‘men’ for their work despite “serious security
and administrative challenges”.
He made these comments while
reviewing the military deployments across the country on security,
development and rehabilitation works in different parts of the country.
An
ISPR spokesman said the corps commanders’ conference “undertook a
comprehensive review of the prevailing external and internal security
situation, especially along the Western border”.
“The issue of
drawdown of Isaf from Afghanistan with its concomitant implications on
the security situation along the bordering region was also discussed,”
he said.
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