Crying about muh democracy and how his party is being dismantled while dancing around the simple fact that it was the army that carried him on their shoulders to the throne and essentially crushed the opposition for him. A BBC article form 2018:
In a country prone to military takeovers, there are fears that the army is trying to rig the election.
www.bbc.com
I didn't see him whining and crying back then simply because he didn't want fair elections on an even playing field. He was more than happy to march right alongside the army. If anything, he was defending the army:
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Cry me a fuckin' river! There was never a "democracy" to begin with, heh! Pakistan has been, at best, an anocracy.