On Tuesday, the Pakistani government decided to promote the general general of the army Asima Munir in the rank of field marshal for his “role” in a recent conflict with India. General Munira makes this decision the second best military officer in Pakistan’s history to be promoted to position.
The decision to support Gen Munir was adopted at the Cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, according to an official statement.
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“The Pakistani government approved the promotion of the ASIM Munir (Nishan-E-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-Army) gene to ensure the security of the country and the enemy’s security on the basis of a high strategy and courageous leadership,” the Prime Minister’s office said.
But what is the field marshal? How many generals in India and Pakistan have been promoted to this rank?
India has two field marshalls so far
Field Marshal or FM is five -star officers and the highest reachable rank in the Indian army. The rank is immediately above the general, but is not used in the current structure of the army.
Field marshal is a rank awarded to generals for festive purposes or during the war.
The evaluation was only awarded twice in India. He first awarded Sam Manekshaw in 1973, as recognition of his service and leadership in the 1971 Indo-Pakistan War.
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On January 3, 1973, after his term of office, he was promoted to a field marshal to a ceremony held in Rashtrapati Bhavan as the Chief of the Army Staff (Coas).
The second individual to be granted a field marshal rank in India was Kodandera M Cariappa, the first Indian to serve as commander – within the Indian Army – an office that later became the chief of the Army Staff.
Unlike Manekshaw, which was promoted to Field Marshal a few days before leaving the office as the chief of the army staff, Cariappa left for almost 33 years at the time of his promotion. Cariappa was rewarded for his exemplary service and granted the rank of Field Marshal on January 15, 1986 at a special ceremony of investing in Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Munir is the second Pakistani to become a field marshall
As a recognition of his “outstanding” military leadership, the cabinet approved the proposal of the Prime Minister to promote the Gen of Munir to the rank of Field Marshal, an informed statement of the government of Pakistan.
The Munirus gene for a predominantly festive rank came over a week and a half after Indian and Pakistani militation achieved understanding when the military actions stop after four days of intense hostility.
India claims that Pakistan begged to stop military actions after India hit nine military installations in Pakistan during the Sindoor 7 Operation 7 May. The operation started two weeks afterwards
Previously, the State PTV said that the cabinet came an important decision of “promotion of General Asim Munir as a field marshal” of the country.
“It is not a personal success, but a tribute to the armed forces and residents of Pakistan,” Munir said in a statement published by the public (ISPR).
General Munir, led by both spy agencies – Inter -Services Intelligence (ISI) and Military Intelligence (Mi) – in November 2022 took over accusations as the head of the army. Followed by General Qamar Javed Bajw, who left after two consecutive three years.
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In front of Munir, General Ayub Khan was promoted to the highest military rank in Pakistan. Ayub Khan was awarded the rank of Field Marshal in 1959.
Ayub Khan, who ruled the country from 1958 to 1969, also led the country in the war with India in 1965.
It is not a personal success, but a tribute to the armed forces and Pakistan.
But what distinguishes the promotion of General Munir is that Khan ruled the country after imposing martial right and in a way responsible for its altitude.
Pakistani attempt with dictators, such as Ayub Khan, was written in and outside the country. One of the loudest Pakistani poets during the term of office of General Ayub Khan from 1958 to 1977 was Habib Jalib.
“Mein not us with yeh kaha …”
Jalib is known for his powerful satire “Mein not Us SE YEH KAHA” (I told him), who became one of his most referred to the verses of the dictatorship era.
The poem reminds of the dictator (in this case Ayub Khan), as can save Pakistan, how he can only take it from the night for the day. Jalib died in 1993. However, about 35 years after Jalib’s death, the memories of the dictatorship in Pakistan did not disappear.
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