Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, a former Pakistani prime minister, reportedly urged the key players to start a dialogue and warned that the country’s current economic and political crisis has all the makings of inspiring a military takeover. He noted that the army had intervened in the past in much less dire situations.
According to the Dawn, the PML-N leader made it clear that martial rule was always a possibility in the event that the system broke down or when there was a dispute amongst institutions and the political leadership was unable to choose a course of action.
He noted that Pakistan underwent numerous extended periods of martial rule under very comparable circumstances. In reality, according to me, Pakistan has never previously seen a (more) dire economic and political scenario. The military has taken over in considerably less dire situations, he noted.
If tensions between the institutions and society were too intense, Abbasi warned of anarchy and added that the army may intervene in such a circumstance.
He responded, “It has occurred in many nations. Extra-constitutional (measures) are used when the political and legal system fails.
The head of the PML-N, however, hoped that martial rule was not a possibility under consideration by the military. I don’t believe they are thinking about it, but if they have no other option, they will recite the well-known speeches of “mere aziz hamwatano,” which is a word often associated with military coups.
According to Dawn, he made it clear that if the army were to take over, things would become worse rather than better.
