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That idea is very much in vogue in Pakistan  Former president

Summary: That idea is very much in vogue in Pakistan  Former president Pervez Musharraf has been forced to resign by a new civilian government and Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Kayani has pledged to keep the military out of politics   But how long will this idea hold In a country which has been ruled by the army for much of its life the possibility of a military coup will always be higher than in a country where democratic institutions have had time to establish themselves over decades or over centuries On top of this the fledging civilian government ushered in by elections in February faces the multiple challenges of near economic collapse the possibility of having to adopt unpopular measures prescribed by the International Monetary Fund Islamist militancy and frequent missile attacks delivered by U S drones inside Pakistani territory All Pakistan s army coups have been bloodless successful and popular but popular only for a while writes Cloughley The trouble is that military people are usually quite good at running large organisations even civilian ones but generally fail to understand politics and government and the give and take so necessary in that esoteric world That idea is very much in vogue in Pakistan  Former president Pervez Musharraf has been forced to resign by a new civilian government and Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Kayani has pledged to keep the military out of politics   But how long will this idea hold In a country which has been ruled by the army for much of its life the possibility of a military coup will always be higher than in a country where democratic institutions have had time to establish themselves over decades or over centuries On top of this the fledging civilian government ushered in by elections in February faces the multiple challenges of near economic collapse the possibility of having to adopt unpopular measures prescribed by the International Monetary Fund Islamist militancy and frequent missile attacks delivered by U S drones inside Pakistani territory All Pakistan s army coups have been bloodless successful and popular but popular only for a while writes Cloughley The trouble is that military people are usually quite good at running large organisations even civilian ones but generally fail to understand politics and government and the give and take so necessary in that esoteric world

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