DHARNA was about free and fair elections. Qadri with his demand of implementing article 62, 63. IK with his demand of scrutiny of previous elections. Both dharnas were about getting justice out of a system that inbreds injustice.
Being a neutral and only functional institution of Pakistan, it was the responsibility of COAS to remain neutral. Instead he sided with the crooks, provided them with security during dharna days, and now asking for repayment in terms of letting them run our foreign policy.