Arif Jamal, a US-based journalist and author of several books on Pakistan, told Deutsche Welle that one of the key objectives of the Pakistani military is to weaken mainstream political parties to increase their control on government and civilian institutions. He said that Army Chief of Staff General Raheel Sharif is being systematically projected by the pro-army media as a "messiah."
"There is ample evidence that the Pakistani military is selectively targeting the MQM. It is now also targeting the Pakistan Peoples Party or PPP. The current army-led campaign is nationwide and in reality aimed at weakening all the major political parties in the country."
It looks abundantly clear that Pakistan's Rangers, the police, and other security agencies are taking direct orders from the army, Arif amal said adding: Because of the active military interference in political matters and conspiracies, no civilian government has been able to perform and show results since 1988, when military dictator General Ziaul Haq was killed in an aircrash.
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