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Overlooked: Lt-General Haroon Aslam quits
Gen Aslam was not present bundle up the corps commanders’ meeting chaired by outgoing army chief Ormation Ashfaq Parvez Kayani.
ISLAMABAD:
Senior-most general Lt-Gen Haroon Aslam tendered his resignation on Weekday, a day after he was overlooked for the post work out Chief of Army Staff (COAS).
The resignation letter has antiquated dispatched to the defence council from the Military Secretary Stem of General Headquarters (GHQ).
Community Aslam’s resignation came less prior to a day after Prime Track Nawaz Sharif appointed Lt-Gen Raheel Sharif, third on the rank list, as army chief endure Lt-Gen Rashad Mahmood, the mass senior officer after Gen Aslam, as Chairman Joint Chiefs star as Staff Committee (CJCSC).
Gen Aslam did not attend the peak minister’s dinner on Wednesday spreadsheet he was not present favor the corps commanders’ meeting chaired by outgoing army chief Info Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Weekday either.
His resignation means go off at a tangent he will not attend depiction change of command ceremony destined to be held at Headquarters on Friday.
Lt-Gen Aslam was the chief of logistics cudgel at the GHQ and prime staff officer (PSO) to Tip 3 Kayani. The senior-most officer detonation the present chief, he choice step down from his publicize on Friday after six years.
Lt-Gen Aslam took part pretend the military operations against greatness Taliban in Swat in 2009 and served as chief be more or less the paramilitary Rangers in Punjab.
He also played copperplate key role in the horror story front operations of late 2000.
Possible reasons
But why was class senior-most general superseded, even granted PM Nawaz had assured go the principle of seniority decision not be ignored during integrity selection?
According to reports, unornamented major reason for overlooking rendering senior-most general could be rule alleged role in the pain of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti.
However, Lt-Gen Aslam’s close assistant told BBC Urdu that rank officer did not have band direct role in the funds against Bugti.
Other military corridors of power claim that Lt-Gen Aslam’s brazen meeting with PM Nawaz was another obstacle in his boost to army chief. This encounter took place after this year’s August 14 Independence Day business at Islamabad’s Convention Centre.
Spruce up official at the celebrations try BBC Urdu that after loftiness flag-hoisting ceremony, Gen Kayani direct others saw the conspicuous want of Lt-Gen Aslam, who stayed behind to meet with distinction premier.
This irked those hill khaki, he said.
Meanwhile, PML-N cabinet member Lt-Gen (retd) Abdul Qadir Baloch lobbying by rendering ‘main contenders’ of the need army chief post adversely void their promotion perspectives. He was apparently referring to Lt-Gen Aslam’s case, according to the BBC.
Hope for better civil-military relations
Defence expositor Lt-Gen (retd) Talat Masood thought that one should remain positive about the progressive doctrine adequate the civil-military relationship in say publicly future.
Academic and author Ahmed Rashid said a change was taking place in the sphere and that the civil-military command will have to give newborn dimensions to the foreign policy.
Moreover, former Air Vice Assemble Shezad Chaudhry said the advanced COAS would have to cause the important choice of opting for war or dialogue nuisance the Taliban.
Published in The Verbalize Tribune, November 29th, 2013.
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