Pakistan elections: Does the military still pull the strings? | DW News
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2024
- Pakistan is holding general elections on Thursday, a vote that critics say can be neither free nor fair. Former Prime Minister Imran Khan cannot run for office as he is currently in jail and members of his PTI party claim they are facing harrassment. The United Nations High Commission for Human Rights is calling for calm.
Some observers believe the biggest threat to Pakistan's democracy is the military. The army has ruled the nation for around half its existence - since Pakistan was formed in 1947. And critics claim the military has already decided who will win power this time.
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This is for the first time in the history of Pakistan that the military illegitimate involvement in politics is exposed, even at the grassroot level, thanks to Imran Khan.
Military was ALWAYS involved. Difference is before they only involved themselves in management now they involved with more like direct vote Bank
First time? 😂
You guys jist figured it out this has been common knowledge since pakistans founding
@@palebluedot8862he is talking about exposure
See this is why PTI supporters get clowned on. You think Pakistans history started after no confidence vote in 21. Anyone with more than 2 braincells has been aware of the military's involvement has been well aware of their interventionist role even as far back as the 65 election
Pakistan Army never won a war but never lost an election.
Imran Khan has the mandate of the people
still we have kashmir womp womp
@@hamix0137but don't have east Pakistan
@@hamix0137 where's east pakistan?
@@hamix0137 which kashmir
@@pipipupu5104 the part of Kashmir that we snatched back from Dogra forces which ran away making deals with Nehru to take control, it was our mistake to not take hold on Sirinagar airport which was key strategic point.
true that the biggest threat to Pakistan’s democracy is Pakistans army but they forgot to mention that the very same army has had U.S support throughout the history just like they have it now
A shameful act from the powerful military establishment
Pak military has full and complete support of the US administration. In March 2022 Biden Administration didn't like Imran and ordered Pakistan military to remove him.
US Administration liked general bajwa
So ordered PM imran khan to give 3 year extension to general bajwa
@@Anonymous-px9wkEducate your self
All hypocrites and corrupts.🙉🙈🤲
army funded via US EU
We will remove Biden vote for trump
If Army chooses the rulers in Pakistan than they should do it directly without any elections , in this way a lot of budget can be saved which is a huge burden on this poor country.
Not your money endian agent
Actually, Army want to be seemed as innocent and poor fellow who doesn't interfere in Pakistan's politics. That's why they do all this darama. But the fact is vise versa.
@@daniyalbbd5281yeah IMF’s money, saudi arabia’s money, qatar’s money, china’s money etc etc
@@jesusourlord9745 Endia is surviving on China's money and USA loans
Bro in parallel Universe 😂😂@@daniyalbbd5281
NEVER WIN A WAR NEVER LOST A ELECTION - MOTTO OF PAKISTAN ARMY ❤
no won many wars against india
Little knowledge is so dangerous,Pakistan won many wars so don't try to misunderstand people
Random 9 year old indian
Oh what wars did we lose please elaborate
@@MuhammadMasab. that is why pakistan lost east bangladesh?
@@drbuffed4651 all the wars lost by pakistan
Somewhere I read, it’s not General Election, but …. General’s Election 😂
Its Selection. Not election.
That's so called democracy in Pakistan. 😂
An state has an army❌
An army has a state ☑️
no mr. indian every state has an establishment that rules that country in india the role is well played by your corrupt leaders
That's Prussia
So an Indian is now an expert on Pakistan. Brilliant
@@markralph4739There is no need to be an expert to say this, the whole world knows it, and if seen, we do not care whether your army keeps Imran Khan in jail or gives him death sentence, we are just laughing on Your riyasat e pudina country 😂
@Nunu_Butter_Masala says an anonymous person belonging to a nation of slums who, in the end, laughed at his own lowly intellect.
Brilliant
Thank You DW for being a voice for 240 million people of Pakistan.
our Media, Generals, NGOs, Establishment, Bureaucracy and everything is sold out and for sale for dollars in Pakistan. the Pakistani nation is with PTI, behind Imran Khan but West has decided to stand with our Army.
The question is When does the military not pull the strings?
Pak Army is new political party.
Dollar 💵 army 🤬
😂😂😂
OLX
بیچ دے 😅
Stop using word democracy for pakistan. It’s militarycracy in Pakistan.
The internet is already down in the country. It has been only two hours since the polling started.
This aged so well right now, we had general election just yesterday and PTI backed independent candidates were winning comfortably over 70% seats, overnight suddenly this victories were turned into losses and now PML-N have about 30-40% of seats
They are not military rather they are foreign missionaries
They also arrested the social media users. They passed the law against freedom of speech on social media.
As a Pakistani we are ashamed of our army , judiciary and election commission
Thank you DW for letting the world know
Being a pakistani i am feeling ashamed the current situation of pakistan is very worst
The army face has opened feeling sad for Pak🥲
Imran tere janisaar beshumar beshumar
😢so sad thanks Dw
Best analysis❤❤
If any Pakistani dares to challenge its powerful Army, first a direct warning is given via third party surrogates , if not heeded next a Toyota Vigo is sent with secret police , last you disappear completely , sometimes body is found, sometimes not . These are the three stages of challenging the writ of GHQ Rawalpindi …no one dares
😢
😂😂😂
Toyota Is Permanent 😂
kuch bhi?@@Seventyfour_7t4
@@SS.2026 in those countries, Generals take their own salary
Short answer yes
Absolutely Yes !
We Pakistanis, a nation of 250 million, are grateful to DW News for the coverage and giving us a voice on your platform 🙏
We hate Pakistan Army for what it's doing to PTI Leaders and supporters
So you don't hate Pakistani army for 25000 Palestinians killed by them in 1970....
are u restarted or something?@@martin96991
@@hamix0137black September 1970
Read about it
Present your evidence and we support Modi for being the best Pm of India
You didn't hate them when Pakistan army kicked out nawaz sharif
Or rigged elections to have imran khan in power
"Not free nor fair", very well said.
You explained right what is happening now.
We have saying "Every country has an army but pakistan army has a country"
Every country has army but Pakistan army has a country.
😂😂😂😂
Yes they do
These are selection not election.
Indeed they are running this successful stage show since 1947 and it is very unfortunate for the people of Pakistan 🇵🇰
Not 1947 , after Zia ul haq
@@greenworld5587 Ayub?
The army has denied the right to vote for the overseas Pakistanis. 15 million Pakistanis live overseas, and the majority of them are Imran Khan supporters. The Army has not allowed the electronic system of voting for the overseas Pakistanis, thus denying them to use the right to vote.
isnt that right to do? overseas know nothing about whats going on in pakistan.its only fair imo,if they wanted to vote they shouldnt have moved out in the first place
isnt that right to do? overseas know nothing about whats going on in pakistan.its only fair imo,if they wanted to vote they shouldnt have moved out in the first place
Qadiyany foj h
Thanks to DW news for this
Yes always
There should be free and fair elections in Pakistan but unfortunately the the largest political party of the country is unofficially banned 😢
After the most popular leader in Pakistan has been sentenced to 13 years on trivial cases, this story is putting a question mark on the role of army in elections of Pakistan. Wow!
Pakistan election is selection 😂😂by army 🪖
❤
Yes it's True
No they don't interfere in Panchayat or municipal or provincial elections. All these are free and fair. All matters related to the life of the common people are decided at these levels. But national level is a different matter. National interest should not be left to the cheap petty internal politicking of a largely illiterate population. So they have a strong educated elite and empowered security apparatus to play the game at the international table to protect national interests, which they have managed quite well so far. Good model. Can be adopted by other countries with large petty-minded illiterate populations.
@@1168PJtop example is India😂
So an Indian is now an expert on Pakistan. Just what the world needed
Thumbnail should be Pakistan politicians role in the elections since military is dominant.
True 👍
As wise man said.. Every countries have military to defend but pakistan's military has people to defend..
😂
You’re not the wise man I take it
what are you even trying to say?
You Call Yourself Wise Geez 😒
Kisne bola pata nahi but. Major Gaurav Arya ne toh pakka bohot baar bola hai ye 😂✌️
Watch what brutality will happen to innocent Pakistanis tomorrow.
I wish they'd just keep it there Instead of letting it spend to other countries
Yes
When I was a kid I loved my army but then I grew up and a teacher taught me that this is not your army its the US army 😢😢
You nailed it - Neither Free Nor Fair.
Basically it's America behind the Pak army...
Now they shut down the internet services
Today, we understand why Sheikh Mujibur Rahman couldn't form a government despite having 160 seats, and how Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto became Pakistan's Prime Minister with only 81 seats. Now you understand the history behind the creation of Bangladesh.
From 7th Dec 1970 to 8th Feb 2024, nothing has changed in Pakistan.
As a Pakistani we are ashamed of our army and country.
They are running our country like a mafia
Good if all Pakistani accept this fact they may be a chance of democracy in your country but it's too late now.
Half of Pakistan would be grabbed by China and other half would be shared by Iran and Afghanistan.
😢
Do not be ashamed of your army or country. You should be ashamed of your generals and political leaders
@@AhmedRaza-yt2qn some think they are same army soldiers are also yazeedi
Pakistani military, a state within a state..
😢
That state is bigger than actual state
Haha
A state above a state
As a Pakistani National, i know this is not a free and fare election
Military 🪖 Generals are 💯 % involved in this selection......
Congrats Nawaz Sharif on becoming prime minister of Pakistan
@@Kang.31 not that easy
@@maherashrafkabeer558 that's the reality....
Why do think nawaz is called back ??Nawaz is puppet of the army
Next pm nawaj sarif
What will you say about the 2018 elections.
Agree 💯
Very true
Mark my word Nawaz Sharif is going to become next prime minister of Pakistan with the help of Pakistan army , and he will also not complete his full 5 year term 😂🇵🇰🤡
The same thing people said for imran too, that he will complete 5 years.😂
😂
Pakistan history sadly proves otherwise.
@@petitben5240 Pakistan is approx 74 year old country which history you talking about 🤔
In your dreams army puppet navas Sharif
There is no election but selection in Pakistan 😂😂😅
The Pakistani establishment's refusal to accept the mandate of the Pakistani people towards a particular political party is an unjust manifestation of the absence of a fair election process.
Sad reality
Pak PM is like a 9-5 government job where you just have to follow orders from senior army officials and don't need to apply your extra brain on it.
😢
We Indians are lucky to have a great leader Prime minister Mr. Narendra Damodar das Modi❤❤
The Generals should be taken to account and brought to justice and punished!!!!
Happy to see everyone knows fairness of Pakistani elections now
Don't mess with Pakistani Army otherwise they will surrender 🤡😜😂🤣🤣
yes like abinanden
@@hamix0137I do not understand why Pakistan people celebrate serving tea to abinadan a person who downed pak f16? What's that pleasure? Also I do not completely understand why pak army celebrates every year loss of all wars to India why?🤔
@@hamix0137 93000 soliders surrender Indian army shame on u
@@hamix0137it was your problem to give him tea and all facilities 😅😅😅, because your general knows what can be happened 😅😅😅😅😅. Your are enjoying only one that's tells your value, 😅
😂😂😂😂
Thanks for covering Pakistan and the helpless people whose last hope is imran khan after the almighty Allah
Good report ❤
Toronto
Imran khan was not the Army's favorite son, even in 2018. Imran khan came up from the bottom at his own. Yes, the Army just let him in the office, but the message from the Army was straight forward, you have to toe our line. Otherwise, we would do the same to you what we did to other politicians. We have witnessed the same.
Buddy army brought him up at that time
@roxystar52 He was already up since 2002 when he started taking a stance against Musharaf policies , especially when Musharaf put judges in home Arrests. Imran khan was the guy who initially stood up against Musharaf.
@roxystar52
Go and check his political career. If army brought him up than why people are still standing on Imran khans' side?
What military has done to the people of Pakistan in the last 22 months is appalling. It has destroyed Pakistan's biggest political party PTI. It has managed to convict Pakistan's most popular leader Imran Khan in secret trials. Army has not allowed PTI to hold rallies. It banned mentioning of Imran's name on any TV channel. It deprived PTI of it election symbol make over 2000 candidates run for election as independent.
But this is not happening for the first time. Pakistan army has been involved in political engineering in Pakistan since Jinnah's death.
@@Maverick-zo4kc Pakistan is part of great game and Pakistani leaders must be intelligent not like Imran
You have woken now. It was doing the same thing since many decades. You were happy when IK was a beneficiary of the same rotten system.
@@muslim_firstWhat great game?
@@YourFuhrer1933Pakistani are master of conspiracy theories
Please dont ask them they will tell you a beautiful story
💯 right
At least someone is speaking the truth very clearly. Thanks for sharing
Every word is 200% true
In Pakistan is selectiion by the Army and not election by people mandate since 1947
Yes it does!
Shameful how General Asim is playing brutal against their own nation. It’s shameful to imagine how he is morally corrupted, physically brutal and financially compromised.
Not election but selection of Pak army
True
Yes they still do that.
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@@navyharoonsilencekhan4327 bhai lgta he ye quran me likha he 😂
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Dollar military in Pakistan make big game here in Pakistan 😢😢😢
yas true
Good reporting by DW
With this army, never think about fair elections. They already selected the person who will SAY YES to everything as per their wish 😢
Thank you dw that is really true. Being Pakistani I see more then 80 percentage youth and more than 50 percentage adults and old support Khan and he can win very easily but we see that army is interrupting and threatening the democracy. So I request the international power that please force the army to not interrupt. We are really in misery 😢 please 😭
Do nationwide protest
@@Alan_is_hereThey can't..The agencies will arrest them and threaten their loved ones
Normally countries have army and here army have a country. Thank for uplifting this news on international level.
Not general elections. But elections by generals
Every Pakistanis should know that Pakistan is run by USA through Pak army.
And India is run by USA through Indian Politicians?
@@aadi1862what a joke that's why india continue purchasing cheap Russian oil
@@aadi1862 Worse. By Ambani through Modi.
India runs on its own
@@prateekc7804 The farmers disagree.
What a shame for the whole system.
All due to DHA Army 😅
short answer : YES
1000 %
And Pakistani people still support dollar Army 😀
@@congojander9743funny fact is that poverty ridden Afghanistan can also defeat Pakistan in days😂
Pakistani people need freedom from military occupation.
Question should be does they still haven't left politics 😂
Right 💯😭
The stance of West is really hilarious on some countries like Pakistan. Democracy is a joke in this country and yet there is total silence from US and others, the habitual preachers, these elections are recognised as legal, and Pakistan continues to get IMF funding.
Bcoz for other countries it is easy to work with army having no accountability towards people of Pakistan,
All that's required is 🤑 money
west likes dictator ships it creates 1 window operation for all their needs. they just pretend to be democratic.
@@Avant-garde1611very deep intellectual words. 👏
Why would US say anything when they literally had Imran Khan jailed and the pak military obeys US.
There are leaked documents literally proving that communication between them
Mind ur own business
We love our honest Leader Imran Khan & vote only for Khan۔ ♥️🇵🇰♥️
Very accurate reporting
Superb V Log
Sir.this is not election but selection.
Mr Hafiz Whisky is in power.