Yearning for Dark Days

Byline: Nazir Naji To think that democracy has established its foothold in a mere three and a half years would be to neglect ground realities. In our society, calling on the army to takeover by politically motivated vested interests has become a tradition of sorts. Even the incumbent government (which was established after unanimous agreements between almost all parties, classes and institutions) had been functional for a mere three weeks when disconcerted parties who did not get a share in the power began inviting the army to takeover. Many analysts had taken to their press columns and their TV rostrums to extend the same invitation personally to the COAS.