Sunday, December 25, 2005

More irony

Military cadets have to "guard" the final resting place of the founder of the nation. How ironic! I havent seen military guards on monuments in other countries that I visited.

6 comments:

M Shoaib Sheikh said...

Actually we want to make him feel secure.. :)

Sarfaraz Ahmed Soomro said...

Military people have taken over all major public institutions in this country. How often does that happen?

Hashim Abbasi said...

the military has nothing better to do... let them do something :)

Anonymous said...

Good point. I haven't seen this done over here in US probably because memorials are hardly ever connected to burial grounds but a library, an architectural landmark or some kind of auditorium/public service place. However, in Paris I saw para-military honorary guards (different color uniforms from French Army) at "Tomb of the Unknown Soldier" under “Arc de Triomphe”.

Westminster Abbey doesn’t have queen’s guards either. Didn’t we learn anything from our ex-Masters :)

Anonymous said...

Actually it is done so that the founder dont run away. :D

Muhammad Saqib Ilyas said...

Yes, we did learn a few things from our ex masters. But all the wrong things. Forget the military, it's us, the stealing lot, that gave them the excuse, wasnt it?