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Armed Forces are just ‘Services’, not the National Leadership

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Armed Forces are just ‘Services’, not the National Leadership
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Former Senator Farhatullah Babar endorses the viewpoint of Husain Naqi saying ‘We unwittingly promote a narrative that places just a branch of the executive (army) at par with overall national civilian leadership.

Farhatullah Babar, a Pakistani leftist politician, engineer and former senator, a prominent member of the Pakistan People’s Party, having served as a spokesperson for the party, has endorsed the view point of Husain Naqi, a former journalist and human rights activist that the media should not highlight the armed forces as national leadership.

“Dear colleagues, I urge that Media should not highlight dichotomy by announcing ‘Civil Aur Askari (military) Qiyadat’. Political leadership alone should be described: Qaumi Qiyadat.  Armed Forces are Services not national leaderships,” Hussain Naqi had said, as quoted by Farhatullah Babar in an email received in a Google group on September 28, 2022.

Farhatullah Babar writes:

Thank you Naqi Sahib for pointing it out.

Choice of words matter a lot. Words have power, have energy and words used repeatedly become ingrained in the psyche and in shaping the narrative.

When we say dichotomy (between civil & military) we unwittingly promote a narrative that places just a branch of the executive (army) at par with overall national civilian leadership represented by parliament, political parties, cabinet et al.

Words repeatedly used become sentences. Sentences used for a long time become habits. Habits over a long period of time become irreversible and change outlook and destiny. Our destiny must not be dichotomy and what dichotomy means.

Very thoughtful and prescient comment Naqi Sahib.

Regards

Farhatullah Babar

He had quoted Husain Naqi as saying:

Dear colleagues,

​I urge that Media should not highlight DICHOTOMY by announcing CIVIL aur ASKARI (military) QIYADAT.

Political leadership alone should be described: Qaumi Qiyadat.  ARMED FORCES are SERVICES not national leaderships.

Husain Naqi

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