How can Pakistan end the military’s role in politics?

“The military’s exit from politics would not only stabilise civilian democracy but also strengthen the Parliament, as the country’s supreme body that is directly accountable to the people,” writes Salman Rafi Sheikh, assistant professor of politics at the Lahore University of Management Sciences, in his article for Himal Briefs looking at how Pakistan needs to go beyond the 18th amendment to end the military’s role in politics. In our latest Himal Twitter Spaces session, recorded on 6 February, we speak to Salman about this continued cycle of crises in Pakistan, and how reviving the 2010 reform process can be key to stabilise the polity and target the vast business empire controlled by the military establishment. Pakistan needs to go beyond the 18th amendment to end the military’s role in politics - Salman Rafi Sheikh https://www.himalmag.com/pakistan-military-beyond-18th-amendment-constitution-politics/ More Himal Twitter Spaces: https://www.himalmag.com/category/himal-spaces/