The Pakistan Army has played an influential role in Pakistan's politics since the country's founding. The army staged its first coup in 1958 and subsequently took power in 1977 and 1999 as well. Under various military leaders like Ayub Khan, Zia-ul-Haq, and Pervez Musharraf, the army directly ruled Pakistan for decades and also expanded its role in government administration during other periods. The army continues to wield significant political influence and prioritizes its role in defending Pakistan, especially from perceived threats from India.

1. Role of Pakistan Army In
Pakistan Politics
International relations

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3. Recently Pakistan got a new prime minister, Shahbaz Sharif brother of former
prime minister Nawaz Sharif, “selected” by Gen Bajwa, with the suspension of
Imran Khan. Gulf between PM Imran Khan and General Bajwa was growing
with growing disagreements between them regarding the whole set of issues,
the major one being the appointment of ISI chief but we’ll talk about this in
another article.
Now let us take a look into the influence of the Pakistan Army in Pakistan
politics and the history of military rule in Pakistan
Role of Pakistan Army In Pakistan Politics

4. Army’s Role In Politics
● The Pakistan army’s first intervention into politics was as early as
1958, led by General Ayub Khan, who abolished the constitutional
regime established by the 1956 Constitution. Subsequently, the
military would stage three coups in October 1958, July 1977, and
October 1999.

5. Under Ayub
Khan and Yahya
Khan
In the first military coup, Pakistan President
Iskander Mirza abrogated the Constitution and
declared martial law, and appointed General
Ayyub Khan as chief martial law administrator.
Days later, Ayub Khan overthrew Iskander
Mirza. Since this incident, the army in Pakistan
has always been in control. Under Ayub Khan
and Yahya khan Pakistan was under military
rule until the loss of the 1971 war which was the
biggest setback for the Pakistani army.

6. Under General
Zia Ul Haqh
● With the adoption of a new constitution in 1972, Zulfikar Ali
Bhutto became the first prime minister of Pakistan, though
democracy did not last long when General Zia Ul Haqh took
power in a bloodless coup and ruled under martial law. But
under Zia Pakistan Army expanded its presence in the
administration with increasing military involvement in wide-
ranging administrative activities, from managing essential
services and monitoring state-owned schools to conducting the
census and building non-military roads. Today, the military,
under democratic governance, has wider and deeper
participation in civil administration than it had during the martial
law regimes.

7. Under General
Pervez
Musharraf
● For the third time in 1999, General Pervez Musharraf took
over Pakistan and declared himself the President of Pakistan.
To tighten the control of the army over the political parties
Musharraf established the National Accountability Bureau
(Pakistan’s apex anti-corruption organization), which is
usually run by former military personnel, to ban opposition
leaders from participation in parliamentary elections under
allegations of corruption. To maintain power over security
policy and ensure a strong budget for the military, Musharraf
created the National Security Council which comprises the
chiefs of all military services and is in charge of making
decisions about defense and national security policies to
increase the military’s role in policymaking in Pakistan.

8. The Crux of the Matter
● Pakistan provides an example of how the military has been able to govern
the country as successfully as a civilian government. In order to justify its
existence, it kept the Kashmir issue and invasion threat from India where a
strong army was considered a necessity for the existence of the country
along with the ideology, which has been repeatedly advocated by every
Pakistan Army chief, is Islam, which acted as a national unifier and
garnered support in the endless conflict with India of course of which they
lost all, ultimately ended up disaster for them.

9. Military Powers
Military power may refer to: The armed forces of a nation (in a
narrow sense) or in the wider sense, the capabilities of a group such
as a fire team, squad, etc. A great power, in a military context.
Military power (jet engines), the maximum power setting of a military
jet aircraft without the use of afterburners.

10. Military power of Pakistan:
For 2022, Pakistan is ranked 9 of 142 out of the countries considered for the
annual GFP review. It holds a Pwrlndx* score of 0.1572 (a score of 0.0000 is
considered 'perfect').

11. Biggest Military
The US armed forces:With military bases in many parts of the world, the US
armed forces remain the most powerful of any on the globe.
Napoleon Bonaparte is recognized as one of the greatest military
commanders of all time. He brought Revolutionary France back from the brink
of destruction with his Italian campaign in 1796 and 1797.

12. Why The Military is important:
The Military Ensures Our Freedom and Safety Around the World. From the
battlefields of the American Revolution to the front lines of Eastern Europe,
American service members have been ensuring the freedom of America
and its allies for centuries.

13. Is Pakistan controlled by Army?
Although Pakistan was founded as a democracy after its independence
from the British Raj, the military has remained one of the country's most
powerful institutions and has on occasion overthrown democratically
elected civilian governments on the basis of self-assessed
mismanagement and corruption.

14. The largest military in 2022:
In 2022, China had the largest armed forces in the world by active duty military
personnel, with about 2 million active soldiers. India, the United States, North
Korea, and Russia rounded out the top five largest armies respectively, each
with over one million active military personnel.

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