Truer, wiser words were never spoken! What happened to Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is THE case in point! I've written about this before: After the loathsome 'Tiger' Niazi (and certain others!!) disgraced himself in East Pakistan, it was ZAB who lifted the General Staff off the ground 2/
https://twitter.com/mmatalpur/status/1356269215678869507
2/ and dusted off their uniforms. He even introduced an Ordinance under which anyone speaking against the Armed Forces would be sent to jail for X years! Indeed, I, as a young Captain travelling by wagon from Rawalpindi to Lahore, threatened two fellow passengers who were 3/
3/ badmouthing the Army asking the wagon driver to turn into Kharian Cantonment so I could hand them over to the MPs. They apologised and I relented. (THAT is how brainwashed I was too.). And look what they did to ZAB: 'hanged by the neck until dead'! Saeen Mohja, we are in 4/
4/ very serious trouble, indeed. If reports that former @DGISPR Ghafoora (I will refer to him like this because he had the bloody effrontery to call me a 'stray dog') is going to head the ISI we must be prepared for far more thuggery and cruelty and mindless violence.. C.c. @hrw
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