PAKISTAN'S MILITARY OLIGARCHY A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER TO GLOBAL PEACE

The establishment's most heinous characteristic, directly threatening Indian lives and global security, is its institutionalized deployment of militant proxies.

- BRIJESH SINGH MUMBAI

The Pakistani military, a self-styled "establishment," has metastasized far beyond its legitimate security role to become a malignant presence in South Asia and a global concern. This is no conventional armed force but a parasitic deep state that has systematically strangled Pakistan's democratic development while weaponizing terror as state policy. From an Indian perspective, this institution represents both an existential threat and a fundamental challenge to international order. The blood-soaked history of Pakistan's military dominance offers irrefutable evidence of a rogue entity operating with impunity — culminating in the recent Pahalgam massacre, where its terror proxies executed civilians with cold precision.

The military's iron grip on Pakistan is absolute. Since its inception, the army has positioned itself as the nation's sole guardian and ideological custodian. Civilian governments exist merely as temporary facades, tolerated only while compliant. Any genuine assertion of civilian authority triggers swift demolition through coups, judicial manipulation, or manufactured political crises. The pattern established by General Ayub Khan's 1958 coup has repeated through Yahya Khan, Zia-ul-Haq, and Musharraf. Even nominally "democratic" periods are characterized by military puppeteering—rigging elections, intimidating politicians, and ensuring that democratic institutions serve only to legitimize Rawalpindi's control. This perpetual instability isn't accidental but deliberate, designed to prevent any civilian leadership from challenging military dominance.