Pathetic attempt to muddy the waters.
Bajwa and his lot has intrinsically changed Pakistan. And they are not done.
The Army as an institution especially in the leadership has generally accepted that the Egypt model is the model they are going to follow. They are not doing this out of their love for Pakistan. They are doing it to save their skins. Current senior positions are still concerned around accountability around the Government (Cipher) and late night termination. That is an Article 6 event. Second they are concerned deeply about the Arshad Shareef killing and being held accountable for it. For them it is literally a matter of survival and they will cling on till the end. Any expectation that the Army will change is only in the minds of those who really dont understand how regimented the Pak Army is. They will follow their leaders over the edge.
You combine that with the general system of patronage and money within the system and you can see that everyone is invested in sustaining this limping process. IK fault is he has revolutionary thinking, but acts in a liberal democratic western minded fashion. HE WILL LOSE THIS FIGHT.
Now these guys who are making these decisions are not smart. I say this because I know their types (having spent time in many settings) - personally, and their span of thinking, analysis, breath of knowledge that is so limited (even in their own domains) it will shock you. So they will think this is the right thing they are doing. But what they are doing is making the eventual fall harder and rougher.
IK or PTI can in large measure be broken and controlled. Eventually IK will have a heart attack or an accident. But what they will do is give rise to harsher forces, and turn the country totally into a subservient stooge. As the ruling elite straddles the US lines, expect the Chinese to draw their conclusion. And then expect the real fireworks to go off. Pakistan will be the looser in the end of this, as these small men, will grab their belongings and their families and enjoy the comforts of their assets in Australia, Belgium, UK and the US.
My sentiments exactly. You have succinctly explained the situation. Grab a tiger by its tail, beware of its claws. These jokers are now riding a hungry tiger, only way they can stay alive is to kill it otherwise will be eaten alive.
@blain2 had stated earlier, the IK made massive blunders that would have destroyed the country. Would you care to elaborate on those?
Here are some data points that I have been told about:
6% increase in GDP for 2 years even during COVID
10% increase in Large Scale Manufacturing
Record increase in agri production.
Foreign Remittances at record levels
Tax revenue increased to over 6000 B rupees.
Nascent IT sector (freelancing) taking off due to tax breaks provided.
yes there was inflation which is a global phenomenon at the moment. But people had some revenues. I have friends in the Kasur area who said Punjab Gov actively helped getting seeds and diesel to farmers for timely crop production and increasing yields.
My biggest gripe with PTI government was with such open and shut money laundering cases against Shahbaz n sons as well as Zardari ala omni group, why weren't they even indicted let alone convicted. We now know that Voldermort & Co were pulling the strings from behind the curtains. to keep them as counter weight to IK.
Another trope that is trotted out is, that PTI was brought in power by the military in 2018. People tell me it is the other way around. RTS was brought down and PTI that was winning on atleast 18 seats in Punjab lost those and hence did not have outright majority. Yes they then engineered (or steered) MQM, BAP, the South Punjab independents to join PTI and form coalition (read hobbled) government which they can "legally" dismiss whenever they wanted to. I am from Karachi. Army didn't help PTI stuff ballots, rather it made sure MQM and PPP goons didn't do exactly that. PTI won those seats because people voted for their candidates.
And the solution to save Pakistan was to bring these corrupt and inept jokers under PDM into power who have ground the country's economy into the ground.
As you have mentioned, Army senior leadership has subrogated the constitution and prime candidate for Article 6 proceedings. When these jokers openly accept and say, we used to meddle in politics but now we don't... full stop go to jail straight without collecting $200.