Allah_Ka_Banda
Senator (1k+ posts)
I think it's about time that Pakistan armed forces re-visited certain traditions and cutoms that's been long abolished or abandoned by even Britain where they derive their rules from.
Some of these are as below:
Access to medical facilities is different for both officers and non-officers.
if you happen to visit an armed forces hospital, you would see that waiting areas are marked as "officers family only" ..
Even officers wards are different to the rest. I thought patients are patients.
Even the vehicles that are used to transport children of officers to the schools are different.
I have also been made aware that widow of a retired fauji has no access to medical facilities if the husband wasn't an officer or nor do their children.
As for DHA, Naval housing schemes or Airforce housing schemes, although there might be deductions from salaries over years to give at discounted rates to allottees at the end of service, there has to be a method to madness and this should only be exercised in a way that its done with an intent to providing basic place for shelter after retirement and not a wealth accumulation exercise eg allotment of more than a residential place i-e a farmhouse etc or even a second residential allotment etc.
Are the above still true in Pk?
I have never seen a place like DHA in Britain let alone that, I don't even know the name of their army chief but I am sure he is always busy performing his duties behind the scenes.
I have not seen a hospital that has areas marked as "VIP patients". Why discriminating or prioritising patients not because of their level of sickness but because of the stripes on their shoulders.
I have not seen in the UK staff cars with flag on them dropping off children to school of a Brig or a General. They use the same train, tube or bus and there is no discrimination anywhere.
I hope the way West has been able shrug off such traditions and customs with constant improvement and evolution, one day our Pakistan will too.
And if that doesn't impress coming from the West then take some inspiration from our Khalifas who were so conscious of their position that rather than indulging in privileges n perks they were more fearful of their accountability to public and Allah because of their higher position and responsibility.
Fingers crossed.
Pakistan Zindabad.
Some of these are as below:
Access to medical facilities is different for both officers and non-officers.
if you happen to visit an armed forces hospital, you would see that waiting areas are marked as "officers family only" ..
Even officers wards are different to the rest. I thought patients are patients.
Even the vehicles that are used to transport children of officers to the schools are different.
I have also been made aware that widow of a retired fauji has no access to medical facilities if the husband wasn't an officer or nor do their children.
As for DHA, Naval housing schemes or Airforce housing schemes, although there might be deductions from salaries over years to give at discounted rates to allottees at the end of service, there has to be a method to madness and this should only be exercised in a way that its done with an intent to providing basic place for shelter after retirement and not a wealth accumulation exercise eg allotment of more than a residential place i-e a farmhouse etc or even a second residential allotment etc.
Are the above still true in Pk?
I have never seen a place like DHA in Britain let alone that, I don't even know the name of their army chief but I am sure he is always busy performing his duties behind the scenes.
I have not seen a hospital that has areas marked as "VIP patients". Why discriminating or prioritising patients not because of their level of sickness but because of the stripes on their shoulders.
I have not seen in the UK staff cars with flag on them dropping off children to school of a Brig or a General. They use the same train, tube or bus and there is no discrimination anywhere.
I hope the way West has been able shrug off such traditions and customs with constant improvement and evolution, one day our Pakistan will too.
And if that doesn't impress coming from the West then take some inspiration from our Khalifas who were so conscious of their position that rather than indulging in privileges n perks they were more fearful of their accountability to public and Allah because of their higher position and responsibility.
Fingers crossed.
Pakistan Zindabad.