Political Stability (Govt.-opposition/Civil-Military Integration)

Political stability is utmost important in economic development of any nation. Political instability leads to unpropitious conditions where non-state actors actively contribute to economic destruction.

Opposition & Panama Leaks:

In current scenario of Pakistan the opposition party “Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf” is hostilely focused on Panama Papers/leaks. They are demanding resignation of Prime Minister on the basis of allegation of money laundering.

Protest is the beauty of democracy where people come out and gather at a spot to speak out for their rights. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf conducted number of protests in different city of Pakistan. However, lately the chairman of PTI announced to lockdown the capital city (Islamabad) until Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif resigns and sets himself accountable for before Supreme Court for allegations of money laundering.

Nonetheless, the way PTI opted was unconstitutional since lock-down could lead to an anarchic condition in state, so the government took strict actions against so protesters to avoid any irrepressible circumstances. However, later case was taken by, and still is under consideration of, Supreme Court of Pakistan.

The opposition must act as watch-dog and should opt the constitutional ways to oppose the government policies and/or strategies. The same goes for the media, since media plays a marvelous role in democratic country, being spokesperson of masses.

Civil-Military Relations:

Pakistan has faced as many as 3 successful military coups in history, where the national and provincial assemblies were dissolved by Chief Martial Law administrators; in 1958 by General Ayyub Khan when Feroze Khan Noon was PM, in 1977 by General Zia-ul-Haq when Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was PM and in 1999 by Genera Perviz Musharraf when Prime Minister was Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif.

However current government of PML-N was successful in developing friendly and cooperative relations with military which resulted in implementation of National Action Plan (NAP) and Military Operations like Zarb-e-Azab & Karachi Operation to curb the terrorism in the state. However this relation has been jeopardized by Down Leaks Scandal.

Down Leaks:

A highly confidential meeting between government officials and military executives was conducted on 3^rd Oct, 2016 and the results/minutes of the meeting were undisclosed for the national interest. Howsoever, Cyril Almeida (journalist of Dawn News) leaked in his article on 7^th Oct, the insights of meeting by stating that “Civil government tells Military to act against militants or face international isolation”. The DG ISPR Asim Saleem Bajwa and PM office rejected the leaked news and claimed it’s a planted story aimed to damage the national integration and global image of Pakistan. They further added that it’s a breach of National Security and investigations would immediately be started.

This news couldn’t bring any uneven situation between civilians and military relation, and two of them are amicably probing the case to penalize the master mind behind this security breach. Undoubtedly the military is least interested in taking over the state by Martial Law, rather it’s promoting the democracy and cooperative strategies for economic development.

Factors cause Political Instability:

(1) Corruption:

Political stability is directly linked with the economic stability. Corruption is the core of economic disaster. Peace and prosperity keeps masses calm and in order, however instable economy aggravates unrest in society. Corruption includes but not limited to money laundering, tax evasion and bribery etc.

(2) Provincialism & Sectarianism:

This is another root cause of political instability in Pakistan where people have been divided according to sects and provinces, and hatred has been spread among them. This division diminishes the spirit of nationalism and escalates the provincialism/sectarianism where people go for their personal/provincial interests rather than for national interests.

Reforms:

(i) Control corruption and increase transparency in government policies.

(ii) Focus on Economic Development Programs like CPEC.

(iii) Media should initiate awareness campaigns to curb Provincialism and Sectarianism and to promote nationalism.

(iv) Judiciary must be independent from political influence.

(v) Opposition should play a role of watch-dog.

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