Coup in Pakistan? Army chief General Asim Munir following Musharaff’s dirty game to topple Shehbaz Sharif using…

Amid the rampant uncertainty and turmoil in Pakistan due the present wave of devastating assaults, in conjunction with the brazen hijack of the Jaffar Specific by the Baloch Liberation Navy (BLA) in Balochistan, Pakistan Navy Chief Fashionable Asim Munir is purportedly plotting a coup to overthrow Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

Fashionable Munir the usage of Pervez Musharraf’s playbook?

Per reports circulating in Pakistani media, Fashionable Munir is pulling a page straight out of conventional dictator Pervez Musharraf’s playbook, and cornering Shehbaz Sharif by laying the blame of present apprehension incidents by the BLA and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), as well to the flare up with the Afghan Taliban, on the PM’s shoulders.

As per consultants, all signs are pointing to one more coup in Pakistan even as the country is combating apprehension assaults, as well to a crumbling economic system.

Lately, Fashionable Munir has trained weapons on Shehbaz Sharif over the rise of BLA and the neighborhood’s present waves of lethal assaults on the Pakistan Navy. The Navy chief called Shehbaz govt “conventional”, as he centered politicians, blaming them for the deteriorating security bid in Pakistan.

Pak navy chief calls out Sharif’s ‘conventional’ rule

In a briefing to Joint Parliamentary Committee, Fashionable Asim Munir acknowledged that the country needs higher governance to fight terrorism and insurgency and emphasised on making Pakistan a no longer easy bid. The Navy chief asked how long harmless Pakistani citizens will be sacrificed on the altar of terrorism due to traditional governance.

Analysts like pointed out that Fashionable Munir’s rhetoric mirrored that of conventional Navy Chief Pervez Musharraf who ancient the an identical tactics to compose dissent in opposition to Shehbaz’s brother after which Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and in the shatter toppled him, over two decades ago. Munir is blaming Shehbaz Sharif for the bid in Balochistan and surge in assaults by Baloch get up neighborhood, which is eerily paying homage to how Musharraf had blamed Nawaz Sharif for the Kargil war defeat, 25 years ago.

Baloch insurgency becomes catalyst

As per analysts, Shehbaz Sharif going by a high probability of assembly the an identical fate as his older brother as Fashionable Asim Munir is sending a undeniable message to the citizens that Pakistan needs a “solid leadership”, subtly implying that Navy rule is the solution for the reason that present regime is incapable of curbing combating extremism and insurgency.

They point to that the Navy chief is the usage of the Baloch insurgency as a pawn in his sizable draw to orchestrate a coup, which appears impending at this point, unless some drastic measures are taken by elected govt to rein in the Navy.

On October 12, 1999, then navy chief Pervez Musharraf orchestrated a navy coup to overthrow Nawaz Sharif and seized strength in Islamabad. The attain came amid the backdrop of Pakistan’s defeat in the Kargil Battle, which Musharraf claimed Pakistan would like obtained, if no longer for Sharif being “forced” to repeat a ceasefire by the United States.