Kambojaric
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The political party can be undone but the political consciousness it has raised will be much harder to defang. Many people are comparing Khan to Bhutto and consider their fates to be similar. Both took on the GHQ and came out of it losing personally.
This time however the establishment might also come out losing. People forget that Bhutto was hanged in the same year the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan began. The Americans/Saudis poured billions into Pakistan, which indirectly allowed Zia to legitimise his rule via patronage. This time around no such external benefactors exist. Pakistan does not possess a strategic location anymore in the same way. The Chinese won't be doing what the US did in the 1980s. Further an exceptional brain drain, exploding population growth and collapsing economy all paint a bleak economic future. Munir and his successors simply do not possess the same tools that Zia did once he contained Bhutto. Only a war can help galvanize their cause and reputation. That also is an unlikely proposition.
This time however the establishment might also come out losing. People forget that Bhutto was hanged in the same year the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan began. The Americans/Saudis poured billions into Pakistan, which indirectly allowed Zia to legitimise his rule via patronage. This time around no such external benefactors exist. Pakistan does not possess a strategic location anymore in the same way. The Chinese won't be doing what the US did in the 1980s. Further an exceptional brain drain, exploding population growth and collapsing economy all paint a bleak economic future. Munir and his successors simply do not possess the same tools that Zia did once he contained Bhutto. Only a war can help galvanize their cause and reputation. That also is an unlikely proposition.