11/01/2017
General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani is known as the philosopher General. He has been also called as the thinking general. It is true that during his tenure as COAS Pakistan Army made substantial gains when it came to clearing territory from militants, some analysts claim around 18,000 Square KM. This area was cleared during the Operations Rah E Raast of SWAT valley and Operation Rah E Nijaat of South Waziristan. These were two landmark operations conducted by the Pakistan Army.
General Raheel Sharif was a “warrior General”. During his tenure Pakistan Army moved into North Waziristan and destroyed and disrupted Terrorist base of operations. TTP was not only deprived of its command and training bases also the Terrorist cells in the urban areas of the country were disrupted. General Raheel’s tenure saw a significant drop in terrorism, hence he is credited to have been the one who destroyed TTP. However, it is the COAS legacy, that led to defeating terrorism.
With the change of command, General Qamar Javed Bajwa is the new COAS. It is still too early to compare his tenure with his predecessors. However, from what we can see until now is the continuation of policy, that is, Ruthless and indiscriminate action against all terrorist outfits. On the eastern front, tensions along the LoC are still there but Pakistan Army has managed to silence the enemy guns, effective engaging Indian Army. Moreover, Pakistan has made landmark achievements in Strategic Weapons Productions now that nuclear triad is complete with the test of Babur-3 SLBM.
All of these achievements under the command of General Bajwa. Civil Military relations are also on the rise, as both are seen working together with goodwill, something that is strengthening democracy. General Bajwa has struck the perfect balance of engaging the enemies of Pakistan with full force while creating peace and harmony within the institutions. Pakistan is becoming stronger and the Army is boosting it’s capabilities, to defend the country whenever the time comes. We are hoping that General Bajwa leaves the legacy of eliminating terror from the country.
Ramsha Amjad Junaid Zahid Hammad Gondal Raja Bashi Muhammad Waleed Muaz Ullah Khan