What’s Going On in Pakistani Politics?

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🗓️ 12 April 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Over the weekend, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, a former international cricket star who later ascended to the role of prime minister, was removed from office. Khan lost a no confidence vote in Pakistan’s parliament that came after a few weeks of intense legal and political turmoil.

To make sense of the complicated developments, Jacob Schulz sat down with Madiha Afzal, a fellow in the Foreign Policy Program at the Brookings Institution. They talked about how the situation has developed, how to think about the relative roles of opposition political parties and the military, and what comes next.

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0:29.0	Yes, this is part of a long cycle of instability
0:37.0	with behind the scenes maneuvering by Pakistan's military,
0:41.0	but the mechanisms used are constitutional mechanisms
0:45.0	because there have been some steps to strengthen the Constitution
0:48.0	and Pakistan's democracy.
0:50.0	Because they are enshrined now in the Constitution,
0:54.0	those remain, and that's important.
0:56.0	Can this government come in, and can the next government come in
1:00.0	to enshrine other more positive norms,
1:04.0	as well as constitutional changes?
1:07.0	That will be important to see.
1:09.0	But can they ultimately do anything about civilian military relations
1:15.0	in that civilian supremacy is ensured?
1:19.0	That's still the big question mark.
1:21.0	I don't see anything fundamental changing in terms of
1:24.0	civil military relations and that balance or civilian supremacy in Pakistan.
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