11-29-2007, 04:20 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Soldier's call</b>
Admittedly, such speculation may be a bit overdone. Even so, it has to be said that Gen Kiyani has a lot going for him. As a Punjabi, he does not have to 'prove' his credentials to the establishment with which he shares an ethnic affinity, something that Gen Musharraf, a mohajir, had to do. Second, in his personal life, the chain-smoking Gen Kiyani represents the last of the pre-Zia generation, <b>the final lot of officers pushed into the middle rung before Gen Zia-ul-Haq's Islamic drive overran the Army. For Pakistan, he represents the final frontier</b>. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Admittedly, such speculation may be a bit overdone. Even so, it has to be said that Gen Kiyani has a lot going for him. As a Punjabi, he does not have to 'prove' his credentials to the establishment with which he shares an ethnic affinity, something that Gen Musharraf, a mohajir, had to do. Second, in his personal life, the chain-smoking Gen Kiyani represents the last of the pre-Zia generation, <b>the final lot of officers pushed into the middle rung before Gen Zia-ul-Haq's Islamic drive overran the Army. For Pakistan, he represents the final frontier</b>. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->