Don’t Let Pakistan's Military Hijack Democracy ( Copy Right @ The Diplomat, Author- Haider Ali Hussein Mullick
Pakistani Parliment ( Image credits- Wikimedia Commons/ Author- Waqas Usman) Sources- The Diplomat As Washington mulls the Islamic State’s advances and Putin’s aggression in Ukraine, Pakistan’s democratically elected government is facing massive protests backed by some in the military and intelligence community. Led by Imran Khan and Tahir-ul-Qadri, thousands of protesters are demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, a year after his victory in an imperfect but nationally and internationally accepted election. With covert military support, Khan is also demanding new elections and Qadri a utopian political system overhaul. Pakistani democracy is messy but military dictatorship – direct or indirect – is not the answer. So the protesters should stop currying favor with the army, and Prime Minister Sharif should work with the protestors to find a constitutional solution that covers electoral and governance reforms. Washington should support democracy so nuclea