Decent analysis. People forget that Raheel Shareef had issues with Nawaz Sharif regarding foreign policy and internal issue, it was all over the news. Then Imran Khan came as a pro military leader and he too faced the same issue. Before coming to power he has always been anti PmlN and PPP so it was nothing new, he always spoke against the corrupt and wanted reforms.
The major issues were disagreements regarding foreign policy, relations, internal security. The establishment strongly disagree with an aggressive foreign policy, they rather stay quiet on international issues than making comments on international platforms, this is to avoid upsetting major powers in the west and middleeast. Looking at Azerbaijan v Armenia war, Pakistan never made any comments about supporting Azerbaijan, they stayed quiet, only Azerbaijan was thanking Pakistan for its support.
Malaysian summit where IK was forced not to attend, this was a big embarrassment to IK, on top Shah Mahmood Qureshi was making comments on creating another Muslim Block but after getting danda from Saudi Arabia Pakistan establishment chickened out. Behind the scenes IK must have made big noise because he's Pakistan Nationalist leader, not some chamcha. What is the crime for making another block, this doesn't mean it will be a threat to OIC. It was just slave v master mentality, Saudi showed who was the boss, Usa also shares the same opinion.
Another disagreement was improving relations with Iran, IK wanted to improve relations with all neighbouring nations but Saudi Arabia would never allow their slave state to do it. The same Saudi Arabia is now hugging Iran and doesn't care about Pakistani opinion. Usa also had the same opinion.
Russia war was another major disagreement, the army wanted to stay quiet or pass resolutions against Russia under Usa pressure but not make too much comments. Imran Khan clearly mentioned Pakistan is neutral and then talked about Iraq, Afghanistan wars. This must have hurt the west and establishment must have complained to IK.
If we look at Pakistan history, Pakistan is normally quiet on international issues, Imran Khan was talking about Palestine, Yemen war, he advised Saudi Arabia to stop the war, the Saudis must have been frustrated behind the scenes, Pakistan was quiet on Iraq, Afghan, Syrian, Libyan wars.
This is the major reason Pakistan army took away their hand from PTI and PDM did the rest, Imran then lost the majority in the parliament and was toppled. We cannot 100% say establishment removed him because PDM did have the majority, even PDM must have been making life hell for establishment.
Only after 1 year a heavy crackdown took place against PTI and IK, the SJ advised all parties to sit together and agree on election date but PDM insisted on October 2023 date and IK wanted it ASAP. The country is going down the gutter, political instability is high, corruption is high, security situation is not good, Imran Khan also continued to attack the army and generals for betrayal. Social media is enough proof.
Imran Khan was correct on his international policies but can we all accept the consequences, would Pakistan have survived with Saudia and Arab States sending back millions of Pakistan workers, west stopping remittance, maybe frozen accounts, I am sure our military has billions invested in these countries.
Would our friendly states such as China, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Central Asia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Qatar accommodated Pakistan losses. Most of these states are democracies and the next government could be anti immigration.
I always mentioned, the Pakistani governments and establishment need to come to an agreement regarding foreign policy, international relations, security and then move forward. Bring in major reforms and make Pakistan a welfare state, justice for all, bring stability. Were still stuck in the 1990s.
