US-Pakistan relations have never been stable. The US prefers to deal with Pakistani generals thinking they can deliver what Washington demands. The current Pakistan army chief has fallen to new lows in sucking up to Donald Trump, in hopes of continuing to remain in power.
Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan languishes in prison under horrible conditions. Held on bogus charges, he refuses to surrender to the army’s demands. Instead, he has issued a call for countrywide protests climaxing on August 5. Their outcome will determine Pakistan’s future.
The army in Pakistan acts as an occupation force. Unable to defend the country’s borders or fight against traditional enemy, India, it attacks its own people. It has usurped all power and authority and is constrained by no laws. It does not care for the country’s constitution.
Pakistan’s de facto ruler, General Asim Munir, self-appointed Field Marshal, debased himself before Donald Trump for a morsel of mutton. Trump used him to lull Islamic Iran into believing that the US would not attack for another two weeks. Pakistan will pay a heavy price for such treachery.
The dystopian system in Pakistan is best illustrated by its recent contrived spat with India. Whatever it achieved was the result of Pakistan’s airforce pilots yet credit was hogged by the army chief general Asim Munir, elevating himself to the rank of ‘field marshal’.
The mercenary nature of Muslim soldiers in the British Indian army is exposed brilliantly by the late Colonel Ghaffar Mehdi in this article written in 1972. The mercenary nature continues to this day, and shamelessly proclaimed as if it is some kind of an honour.
Pakistan’s sorry state—politically, economically and socially—can be traced directly to the military’s illegal inteference in every state institution. There is a long sordid history of this and unless the military is made to confine its role to security, Pakistan may not survive.
Pakistani generals are not only incompetent, they are also extremely greedy. This greed has led them to spread their tentacles in all spheres of life. If they are unable to perform in their own profession, how can they do anything positive in any other field for which they are not trained?
Pakistan is sinking into a deep hole. The brutish generals are hell-bent on imposing their will and control all facets of life. Their latest assault on the judiciary drastically undermines its independence through an illegitimate parliament that was also been imposed by the army.
The news from Pakistan is extremely depressing. It continues to slide deeper into debt while the elite lead a rapacious lifestyle. This is the direct result of the army’s gross interference in politics in complete violation of the constitution. The army installs people in power disregarding the wishes of the masses.
Through their control of all state institutions, the thugs in uniform are driving Pakistan into the ground. The economy is on life support; there is political instability and deep social divisions. Poverty stalks the land but the generals and their hangers-on continue as if nothing is remiss.
Pakistan was created amid great hopes even if its birth was marked by much bloodshed and mayhem. The mafias led by the military that have hijacked its polity have driven it into the ground. Its very survival is at risk. Pity the people of Pakistan.
Pakistan is in the grip of brutish, corrupt generals and corrupt politicians and judges. Their corrupt practices have bankrupted the country. It is on the verge of collapse but neither the generals nor their puppets in politics and the judiciary care.
Pakistani generals are not only incompetent and thoroughly corrupt, they are also traitors to Pakistan’s cause. They have targeted and killed or undermined every patriotic Pakistani wishing to serve the country and its people. The generals appear hell-bent on destroying Pakistan. Should the people let them?
Pakistan’s future seems uncertain. The moronic generals have usurped all power and are hell-bent on keeping it that way. They are greedy, corrupt and incompetent when facing the external enemy, jeopardizing the very survival of the country.
Though seldom stable, Pakistan is currently undergoing a very serious crisis that is political, economic and ideological. The over-bearing military, especially a few generals at the top, have exacerbated these problems. The country’s very survival is at stake.
Criminal generals and corrupt politicians have stolen the people’s mandate and pushed Pakistan toward disaster. Amid political uncertainty, the economy teeters on the brink. The clueless generals and their puppet politicians keep running to the IMF for bailout packages. For how long?
