Pak Rangers may again continue with aggressive postures during daily drill

From The Times Of India
Yudhvir Rana, TNN, Nov 7, 2010
AMRITSAR: Pakistan Rangers may not keep their words of toning down the daily drill carried out during flag lowering ceremony held simultaneously between the jawan's of Border Security Force (BSF) and Pak Rangers at Indo Pak joint check post at Attari ( India) and Wagah (Pakistan). 

According to reports the top brass of Pakistan Rangers has announced to continue with the aggressive style of drill while brushing aside the BSF's request to mellow down the drill. 

This is second time when Pak Rangers had ignored the BSF's request to do away the aggressive gestures including thumb showing, shoulder high kicks, boot stomping, staring etc. Earlier , the then BSF Inspector General , Frontier, Arvind Ranjan in November 2006 had unilaterally decided to mellow down the shrill drill on the plea that the present form of drill was not the part of real drill but a drama enacted by both sides to appease the crowd. BSF had also requested to Pak Rangers to match the drill with BSF but Pak Rangers rejected to BSF's appeal and continued with aggressive postures. 

Most recently during the biannual meeting held between BSF and Pak Rangers from October 26 to 30 at Lahore, Pak Rangers director-general, Punjab Major-General Muhammad Yaqoob Ali Khan had agreed to tone down the drill on the request of BSF officials. 

BSF Inspector General, Frontier, Himmat Singh expressed ignorance about any such reports. However he said sometime a Pak Rangers' resort to aggressive gestures even after reaching at an agreement during last meeting. He said following the meeting jawan's shake hand with a smile and they had also done away the thumb showing gestures. "Even if Pak Rangers resort to aggressive postures in the drill BSF will continue with the toned down version of the drill" said he.

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