Pakistan’s Army Remilitarizes Politics

An inexperienced government leaves a vacuum for the generals to enter

By: Salman Rafi Sheikh

In Pakistan, events seem to be powerfully rekindling the Army’s hopes for a more direct role in politics, which has been blocked to them since 2010 when the 18th amendment, designed to limit the sweeping powers of former military presidents, was passed and the possibility of direct military coups was impressive if not fully effect…