politics

PAKISTAN’S VANISHING DEMOCRATIC SPACE ECHOES OF ZIA IN ASIM MUNIR’S ERA

By Bashir Assad

Tue Mar 17 2026

Watching General Asim Munir steadily undermine Pakistan’s political system, consistently shrinking the space for elected leadership and leaving almost no room for civilian voices in domestic governance or diplomatic decision-making, I chose to write on the legacy of General Zia-ul-Haq.