Why Pakistan’s military is the biggest player in the country’s politics
akshay
09 February 2024, 4:11pm
Pakistanis have voted for a new Parliament. But who becomes Prime Minister will be determined ultimately by the Army. That is how it has always been in Pakistan. This is why.
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Pakistanis voted in national elections on Thursday (February 8), and most commentators believe Nawaz Sharif will be Prime Minister again.
But this presumption of victory is not based on the level of popular support that his party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), enjoys. By most accounts, the most popular party in Pakistan at the moment is the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), whose leader Imran Khan is in jail, and debarred from contesting.
Like Imran now, Nawaz too once faced inquiries and allegations of corruption, due to which he stepped down from the PM’s post in 2017 and subsequently left the country.
His win now is being predicted thanks to the Pakistani military, which has influenced power transitions in the country since 1947. It is the Army that ensured Nawaz Sharif both came to power and lost power earlier; it is also the Army that orchestrated both the rise and fall of Imran Khan.
It is due in very large measure to the Army that no Prime Minister has so far served for a full five-year term. The generals, who have carried out three coups so far, are the most powerful political players in Pakistan. This is the story of the Army’s role in Pakistan’s politics.
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