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Pakistan Army officers have been suspended on the charge of corruption by COAS
Gen. Raheel Sharif. The officers includes one Major General, one Lieutenant
General, five Brigadiers, one Colonel, three Lieutenant Colonels and one Major.
According to sources the accountability process has been faster
in the recent past in armed forces. All the service benefits of these officers
have been taken back by the military authorities. The suspended officers served
in Frontier Constabulary. The army establishments have ordered to take the
corruption money back from these officers.
The
action has been taken right after the COAS General Raheel Sharif’s announcement
of accountability across the board in the country. Two days ago Army Chief had
stated: "Without ending corruption, Pakistan will not become peaceful and
strong. The disease of corruption is destroying the roots of Pakistan.”
The statement was considered highly critical in the context of
Panama Leaks because Pakistan’s political scene has been jarred by corruption
allegations following the Leaks, which have accused many leaders, including the
Sharif family, of possessing offshore investments.
Even before the Panama Papers’ allegations, the National
Accountability Bureau (NAB) was investigating several senior members of the
ruling party PML-N over corruption.
Furthermore, after the COAS statement, there was a demand in the
political arena that army should start the accountability process in its own
institution. This suspension of army officers is a major step taken by Pakistan
Army and considered to be the first of its kind.
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