The claimed perpetrators of the assault were Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party members, whose dissension inside the military has long been a source of tension in the nation’s politics.
Source: KRQE
There is no way to avoid the conclusion that some insiders were working with the pro-Imran demonstrators since they were able to enter strongly secured facilities. Maj Gen Ahmed Sharif, the director general of inter-services public relations, asserted that the military operates under a system of strict self-accountability and that decisions are made without regard to rank or position. The subtly conveyed threat states that defence personnel or members of their families who support Imran would not be spared.
The military and the Shehbaz Sharif administration are using every effort to weaken Imran and his supporters ahead of the General Election, which is scheduled for later this year. The well-liked ex-PM has claimed that he and other PTI leaders are being targeted as a result of his unrelenting rant against the army, playing the victim card to the fullest.
Source: India Today
The military’s two-pronged approachu2014a purge inside its own ranks and a crackdown on the PTI high brassu2014could help it retake power. Otherwise, the strategy can backfire and tip the election in Imran’s favour. In any event, Pakistan’s devastated economy has to prepare for a protracted period of political turmoil.
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