Army de-inducts its Division Headquarters from Swat

After clearing the area of Malakand Division from militants & restoration of writ of state, the transition of powers to civil administration was completed by Pakistan Army in 2018. On Wednesday, in a ceremony in Kanju Cantonment Swat, Army de-inducted its Division Headquarters from Swat.

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On 30^th May, 2022, an investiture ceremony was held at Corps Headquarters Peshawar to confer military awards to Next of Kin of Shuhada and serving military officers to acknowledge their gallantry acts, devotion and sacrifices during service.

Commander Peshawar Corps Lieutenant General Faiz Hamid was the Chief Guest at the occasion. 43 kin of Shuhada received Tamgha-e-Basalat while Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) was awarded to two officers, and Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) to 15 officers.

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After clearing the area of Malakand Division from militants & restoration of writ of state, the transition of powers to civil administration was completed by PakArmy in 2018. Today, in a ceremony in Kanju Cantonment Swat, Army de-inducted its Division Headquarters from Swat pic.twitter.com/NyctQCaiib

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On the other hand, ninety per cent or 9 out of 10 Pakistanis believe that it is very important to respect the army in order to be a true Pakistani, according to a recent poll conducted by Gallup and Gilani Pakistan.

At the opinion poll on patriotism — released on November 25 – a national representative sample of adult men and women from across the four provinces was asked as to what degree he or she believes respecting the army is necessary to be a true Pakistani.

According to Gallup Pakistan, in response to this question, 90% people said it is very important; 7% said it is somewhat important; 1% said it is of very little importance while another 1% people said it is not important at all. One percent did not know the answer or provided no response.

Interestingly, slightly more rural respondents (92%) felt that it is very important to respect the army in order to be a true Pakistani as compared to urban respondents (87%).

The study was released by Gilani Research Foundation and carried out by Gallup and Gilani Pakistan. The recent survey was conducted using a sample of 1,730 men and women in urban and rural areas of all four provinces of the country from September 23, 2021 to October 8, 2021.

According to Gallup Pakistan the error margin was estimated to be approximately ± 2-3 percent at the 95% confidence level. The methodology used for data collection was CATI.

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Talking to Bol News with regard to the poll, analyst Imtiaz Gul said if it was a representative survey then it obviously reflects public sentiment and hence people at large should keep this in mind when judging the armed forces. Foul-mouthing or casting aspersions on any state institution is bad anyway.

Dr Maria Sultan, a leading defence analyst and South Asian Strategic Stability Institute University (SASSI) director general, said the armed forces are the backbone of the country’s defence and the survey reflects the fact that it is a truly representative organisation that will stand for the people.

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