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Ayesha Siddiqa on the Pakistan Army’s Police State

Siddiqa argues that Pakistan is not a hybrid regime but a case of constitutional militarism, sanctioned by a parliament that has legislated away its own relevance.

Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa, senior fellow in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London and author of “Military Inc.,” joins host Tushar Shetty to examine the Pakistan Army’s role in the country’s governance. 

They discuss the origins of the military’s dominance in the years after 1947, its influence over domestic politics and the economy, its conduct of foreign policy from Ayub Khan to Asim Munir, and........

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