How was life at the Pakistan Military Academy?
My first two months at PMA were hard on me: not in the physical sense but more to do with my lack of motivation and aptitude. My platoon commander Captain Rizvi summoned me in his office and said, Saeed, I am not satisfied with your performance. You are not putting in your best. I think you are not really interested in this career, however, I am convinced you have an excellent potential. Army is a very demanding career and it cannot accept people who are not prepared to put in their best, we have no room for free wheelers. I think you might as well quit now and if you want to stay on, you have to make up your mind that you give yourself fully: body and soul. I was about to give him the usual run of mill reply but he promptly added, I do not want your answer at this time. You may go, think over it seriously and come back tomorrow. My platoon commanders remarks were to leave a deep impact on my mind. The next morning I was a new person, totally transformed: I had decided to do serious so
