[DAWN] Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal has alleged that a troika of some disheartened politicians, retired military officials and journalists is hatching conspiracies against the government.Speaking on a DawnNews programme on Wednesday, he reiterated that the country was going through a sensitive phase and civil-military relations is the most sensitive fault line for the future of Pakistain. "If we manage to organise the civil-military relations, we will win the war for Pakistain," he said.
A lot of mistrust exists among politicians towards the establishment and within the establishment towards politicians, Iqbal said, adding that the government has to tackle the situation very carefully.
The minister said that according to his findings after thoroughly observing the history of martial laws in the country, no martial law was imposed because of a political failure or crisis. All the marital laws were triggered by army chiefs when they found their jobs in jeopardy, he said.
Talking about the visible vacuum in political circles, he said leadership plays a vital role in political parties and a vacuum is created when the politicianship ‐ particularly in the case of the PML-N ‐ is expelled in an unnatural manner.
He defended the "bitterness" in the tone of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif
... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf, then by the courts...and said it was justified. Explaining the reasons behind this bitterness, he maintained that despite showing his assets worth tens of millions of rupees, he was disqualified because he had been entitled to a salary of nearly Rs0.15 million.