Pakistan regresses to a full-blown praetorian state as curtains draw on National Assembly

The Shehbaz Sharif government’s abject abdication of the political and governance space to the army has paved the way for an Indonesian-style Dwifungsi or “dual function”. On August 9, Pakistan’s 15th National Assembly (NA) was dissolved by the country’s president upon Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s advice. The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM)