![]() The attempt on Mr Khan’s life last week, which he miraculously survived, would not have come as a surprise to anyone in Pakistan. He sought to confront the Army head-on, blaming it for his removal and moving to force an election here and now, though in the normal course it is not due till later next year. But unlike other leaders before him who had benefited from the embrace of the permanent establishment and then incurred its wrath, like Nawaz Sharif, Mr Khan was unwilling to fade away into the sunset. ![]() Clearly, the Army had arranged the unity of hitherto viscerally hostile elements. Imran Khan, the playboy cricketer-turned-politician learnt the lesson at his cost when he found himself ejected from power in April following a no-confidence motion which saw all shades of opinion on the Opposition benches come together. If the civilian rulers develop a spine and step out of line, the permanent establishment, the Army, is quick to discipline them. ![]() ![]() Notionally, it has the trappings of a democracy, but it has always accorded the Rawalpindi GHQ superior status which elected governments ignore at their peril. This is nothing new for a country that has been lacking a stable system of governance.
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