New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- Over the last six decades, Pakistan's military elite has consistently positioned itself as the saviour of the nation: Field Marshal Ayub Khan initiated the misadventure of 1965. Gen Yahya Khan presided over the disastrous 1971 war. Gen Zia-ul-Haq entrenched military rule under an Islamist veneer. Gen Pervez Musharraf launched the ill- conceived Kargil conflict.
Today, Gen Asim Munir continues to cast the Pakistan Army as the sole custodian of national interest. This narrative maintains the Pakistani Army's dominance over the civilian government. The Pakistani military remains perhaps the only army in the world that owns and governs a country rather than serving it.
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