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    In Pakistan, Growing Concern Over Tensions Between Military And Civilian Leaders

    by Diaa Hadid Oct 10, 2017 4 minutes
    Ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif addresses his party workers' convention Oct. 4 in Lahore.

    When the Pakistani interior minister went to attend a controversial court hearing on Oct. 2, the paramilitary force securing the area blocked him from entering. When he demanded to speak to a higher-up, he was told to wait.

    The minister, Ahsan Iqbal, is the nominal boss of that paramilitary force.

    In another country, it might just have been an embarrassing incident, a mistake by a soldier who did not recognize a top official. In Pakistan, many — including Iqbal himself — saw it as an act of rebellion.

    "I cannot be a puppet interior minister," Iqbal raged after the incident, . "Two states cannot function within one state."

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