We need to talk about Pakistan

Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, one of the founding fathers of the French Revolution, once observed that the former state of Prussia “is not a state that has an army, rather an army that has a state”. This aphorism has also been attributed to Voltaire.

In contemporary times, that description aptly applies to Pakistan.

An examination of the history of Pakistan reveals several disturbing consistencies.

In Pakistan, ‘elected leaders’ ever completed their tenure in office. These ‘leaders’ are either executed or jailed after the deep state stages a coup. The more fortunate manage to bribe their way out in exchange for being ‘exiled’ to a foreign country, where they live in great luxury.

Occasionally, army generals from the deep state who led coups to become leaders themselves become victims of a coup led by other factions. If the deep state does not eliminate them, the Islamists supported by factions in the deep state conduct an assassination.

The Pakistani deep state comprises of the armed forces, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and the judiciary.

The deep state in Pakistan has ruthlessly used iron fist tactics at regular intervals, to serve as severe warnings to ‘elected’ leaders who presume that their elected office gives them a license to develop a mind of their own.

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