Recent elections in Pakistan have highlighted a significant shift in the political landscape, with voters expressing their weariness of the political elite and dynastic politics, as well as the meddling by the country's generals, as explained by @husainhaqqani. This sentiment was further echoed in the widespread protests across the country, ranging from violent resistance to peaceful defiance, challenging the military-dominated state. The elections saw PTI's success against the odds, which the @FT Ed. Board described as a clear message from Pakistani citizens against the self-serving political elites and the military's involvement in politics. This change in public opinion is seen as a major crisis for the establishment, breaking the long-held illusion of the military as the controlling force in Pakistan's politics, according to @FT.
News Analysis: Pakistanis once thought of the military as the iron hand controlling the country’s politics. Here's how an election broke that illusion, creating one of the establishment’s biggest crises yet. https://t.co/Gbk89yI6lB https://t.co/DBFixoukqb
News Analysis: Pakistanis once thought of the military as the iron hand controlling the country’s politics. That illusion has been broken, creating one of the establishment’s biggest crises yet. https://t.co/XFB35Cv7uK
It’s wonderful the legacy media control of the narrative has been completely shattered Less clear if “the people” can wrestle away power from an increasingly corrupt and desperate government I’m hopeful but the D voter fraud apparatus will take a lot to overwhelm https://t.co/n2vZfC5ZhF
#PAKWatch🇵🇰: @FT Ed. Board on PAK's election: “PTI’s success against the odds sends an emphatic message from Pakistani citizens: they are tired of being led by self-serving political elites and the military’s arbitration.” WELL SAID AND TO THE POINT. For once, the @FT’s…
Protests in Pakistan challenge the military-dominated state. From violent resistance to peaceful defiance, the public narrative slips from the Pakistan Army. #CivilResistance #Pakistan Analysis by @sushantsareen https://t.co/1txfalCdc3
The results of last week’s elections in Pakistan confirmed voters’ weariness with the political elite and dynastic politics, as well as with the meddling—both overt and covert—by the country’s generals, @husainhaqqani explains. https://t.co/1NvrbQzD9f