India conflict – then: Pakistan is democracy. Tryst with decades of military government is one of the many dubious differences in the country.
On Friday, May 9, a petition was filed at the Pakistani court for the release of the imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan because of fear of the prison attack where it is maintained, in the middle of tension with India after a deadly terrorist attack by Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Khan, 72, is imprisoned in Adiala from Rawalpindi. In May 2023 he was arrested soon after he lost the vote of trust as Prime Minister Pakistan.
8th May on Thursday in the evening, while India captured a Pakistani missile and an attack of drones on military stations in the north and west, #leleaseimrankhan treated on social media. Many of the social media killed the chief of the country’s army, General Asim Munir, for his “selfish motto” against India.
Imran Khan lost power because the army ceased to like him, says many analysts. He is not the first prime minister whose term of office has been influenced, rather by the Shorrt Pakistani army.
Here are five ways that the army overshadows and fails democracy in Pakistan.
1- No Prime Minister has ever completed a full period
Of the 20 premieres that the country had had so far, no one has ever completed the five -year term. Shehbaz Sharif, acting, has been Prime Minister of Pakistan since March 2024.
Imran Khan was Prime Minister Pakistan from August 2018 to April 22, when a cricket-over-a-politician lost without a credible vote and was expelled from the office.
A year later, May 9, 2023, Khan was arrested from the Islamabad High Court by the National Responsibility Bureau (NAB) for charging of corruption in connection with Al-Qadir Trust, which he owns with his wife Bushra Bibi.
2- Democracy dictatorship?
Since it was created in 1947, Pakistan has been dominated by military dictators for about 25 years. The country had a military ruler as the head of state after three coup – from 1958 to 1971, 1977 to 1988 and 1999 to 2008.
General Ayub Khan, General Zia Ul Haq and General Pervez Musharraf are three dictators who ruled Pakistan for about 25 years.
Pakistani attempt with dictators was written in and outside the country. One of the loudest Pakistani poets during the term of office of General Ayub Khan from 1958 to 1977 was Habib Jalib.
“Mein not us with yeh kaha …”
Among other work is Jalib known for his powerful satire “Mein not Us SE YEH KAHA” (I told him), who became one of his most famous verses of the dictatorship era.
The poem reminds of the dictator (in this case Ayub Khan), as can save Pakistan, how he can only take it from the night for the day. Jalib died in 1993. However, about 35 years after Jalib’s death, the memories of the dictatorship in Pakistan did not disappear.
3- weakness of civilian governments
Experts said that the involvement of the army in the political landscape of Pakistan was reflected in various forms, including organizing coups, overthrowing of civilian governments and performing indirect control of weak administrations. Military intervention in the Pakistanian political landscape is often attributed to perceived weaknesses of civilian institutions, they said.
“These interventions have often been manifested by cooperation with other influential actors, including judiciary, civic bureaucracy, allied politicians, religious leaders and elements in the corporate sector, known as” foundation “, read February 2024 Sania Muneer and Saroj Kumar Aryal” based on “Osaty Research Foundation)”.
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Sania is a postdo -championship colleague at Soas University of London, while Saroi is a associate professor at the University of Warsaw in Poland.
The last elections held on February 8 in Pakistan were controversial in the middle of the charges of equipment and Shehbaz Sharif was re -elected as Prime Minister.
Pakistan is democracy, but is more known for his test with a military government.
The economic interests of the army 4- then
The Pakistani economy is currently facing a number of challenges, including a high level of debt, recurring fiscal and current account deficits, low productivity and difficult business environments.
For example, the country’s foreign reserves decreased by more than $ 150 million in the first week of this year. FROM £3.06 trillion ($ 11 billion) at the beginning of General Pervez Musharraf in 1999 Pakistani debt grew sharply £By the end of the government of Imran Khan in 2022 until the end of 2022 until the end of the government of Imran Khan 62.5 trillion ($ 220 billion).
Political instability and poor administration further worsen these problems, which, according to experts, leads to the crisis of payment balance and high living costs.
Former General of the Qamar Javed Bajwa army reportedly expressed his inability to fight India during a meeting with a group of 20-25 journalists for some time in 2021.
“General Bajwa explained to us that the Pakistani army has no money and fuel to operate tanks if she wanted to fight India,” said a journalist, who was part of one of the record briefings of the former army chief in 2021, in 2023.
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In Pakistan, the army effectively used its influence on the state to expand its economic power, experts said. “This involvement in industry, trade and business has allowed the army to develop a share in government politicians and industrial and business strategies,” reads eRef.
5- Pakistan’s “dirty work” for us
Last week, former Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto acknowledged that the country has a past support for terrorist organizations. Bhutto’s notes came after the Minister of Defense of the country Khawaja Asif had previously admitted in an interview that Pakistan had “financed” terrorism for three decades as a country.
“As far as the Minister of Defense (ASIF) said, I don’t think it is a mystery that Pakistan has a past,” Bhutto said in an interview with Sky News anchor Yalda Hakim May 1.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari He is the chairman of the Pakistani People’s Party (PPP), which is part of the Pakistani ruling block.
Asif shared his thoughts with the same anchor, Yalda Hakim from British News Channel Sky News after Pahalgam attack. “Well, we’re doing this dirty work for the United States for about three decades and West, including Britain,” said Asif in an interview.
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According to experts, Pakistan had good relations with the US during military regimes, at least as long as the United States had interests in Afghanistan. It is known that Pakistanian civilian leaders have little influence on the creation of foreign policy due to the strong nature of the military.
“As a result, at any time there is a diplomatic challenge, a civilian apparatus usually attracts a hand-off approach … As a result, a foreign power that has a security interest in the region has a robust relationship with the army rather than a civilian government,” reads the ENT essay.
(With the entry from agencies)
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