PakPatriot1
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foqia said:PakPatriot1 said:I second the Sparatacus.
It was 1978, where there was no MQM at all. I passed my matric with distinction, and applied for General Duty Pilot commission at PAF. I passed every test and exam, but at the end of CMB exam, they asked me about my height and physique (my height is 5'-11") and the doctor told in front of me "Oye yeh urdu waloN da Munda kewaiN inna lamma hogaya neiN, hor aiy PAF dey wich warna chanhna aiy?" and then they failed me on some gorunds. I have no objection if they failed me, but the sentence I received from the doctor, I havn't forgotten yet even after 31 years.
I asked the saame question to my father and my Taya sahib, they told me that they migrated as Pakistani, became something else.
Can anybody tell me how they feel the pain?
I think u were rejected bcoz of your tallness ,not for the reason that u belonged from urdu speaking family , in GDP they need short boys ,reason their head should not be touch or should not be very close to the roof of the plane.
@Sister Foqia:
Yes you are right, they rejected me on the follwing grounds:
1-Height
2-Left foot
3-Bone in my nose.
I have no objection on my rejection. I know they have very tight criterium for the selection.
My concern is the remark I received from a high ranking officer. That was very commom and open on those days. That's what I wanted to mention here.
Thanks MQM, that behaviour has been changed now and we don't have that kind of jokes any more. People are cautious now.
But imagine the feelings of a 16 years of young boy, who passed all tough testings and was about to get the commission, the emotions were on their peak as to become next Rashid Minhas for the country (nothing less than that ;) ), the whole neighbourhood and the family were waiting for the good news and all of a sudden that youth got a nasty joke and soon after got rejected.
No one cared about the selection criteria on that time, everyone talked about the injustice and this and that.
This was not only me, there were thousands of other young people who suffered from the same kind of behaviour.
That's why those young people formed APMSO and then it turned into MQM and became very popular in Urban Sindh.
Someone did taunting on me that I was not competent for the selection and I was making a lame excuse.
Of course I was not fit for the forces
but
was I entitled for the comment I recieved?
Later I realized that I was not born for the army, but where I am right now, Alhamdullillah, I am satisfied.
There are so many other ways to serve the country.Nothing to mention.