Such Gup
“Precisely”
Our mole reports that Mush has been doing a bit of introspection lately. We hear he was talking about his former institution to a concerned citizen, the latter voicing concern about the direction in which Pakistan was headed, thanks in large measure to the khakis who have ruled the country directly or indirectly for most of its existence. Mush countered his interlocutor’s pessimism by saying that his institution was in better shape than when he took over. “Where are Aziz, Usmani and Mahmud ?” Mush asked rhetorically, naming the generals who helped stage the 1999 coup against the then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. “In the Tableeghi Jamaat”, replied his interlocutor. “Precisely”, said Mush. He then related the story of a smart young major, a former Aitchisonian, with top of the line credentials, who was expected to go all the way up and pretty quickly too. Incredibly, Mush said, the major was bypassed when it came to promotions. This is when Mush was at the core of things in Mangla. The major’s dad ran into Mush at an event somewhere and complained that his son was denied promotion for no good reason. Mush says he called the Major in and asked why he thought he was passed over. The Major was speechless with emotion and couldn’t say much. Mush says he asked his snoops to find out. Soon, a report was presented to Mush which stated that the Brig then at the head of the board had asked the poor Major to recite Dua-e-Qunoot. The Major drew a blank and was duly denied promotion on that basis. “That’s the army I inherited”, Mush told his interlocutor. He finessed his argument by saying that he had also forbidden the Tableeghi Jamaat from proselytizing amongst the ranks and officers, a practice first instituted by the late unlamented Tyrant Terry Thomas.
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