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Cultivating brevity

Cultivating brevity

Author: Asif Alvi
Publication: The News
Date: January 12, 2010
URL: http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=218132

"Cultivating brevity and calmness" is yet another masterpiece by Ayaz Amir (January 8). The response to the Indian army chief's statement by various functionaries of the state was in poor taste. The government should have responded to the statement on one proper forum only. But first our army chief and then the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee responded to it in anger. At the last came on TV the foreign minister who made us aware of all the possible meanings and connotations of the English word 'absurd'.

It looked that there was no coordination among different organs of the state. As far as the military is concerned, the ISPR is the body that interacts with the press on official matters. Wasn't the comment of the army chief, followed by the chairman of the JCSC, a breach of protocol? The ISPR, being an inter-services body, should have coordinated the matter. Issuing policy statements is a serious business as it expresses the sentiments and thinking of the nation. It must come from the appropriate forum.


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