PPP Straddles the Fence on Ally's Hybrid Model Claims

PPP straddles the fence on ally's hybrid model claims

The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), once a fierce critic of the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for claiming to be "on the same page" with the establishment, now finds itself in a rather awkward silence after its key ally in the ruling alliance not only admitted to the existence of a hybrid model but appeared to wear the newfound power-sharing arrangement with the military as a badge of honour. The recent confession by Defence Minist…

‘Hybrid model’: How Pakistan minister Khawaja Asif described military's interference

Pakistan's defence minister claimed that “the only realistic option” for the PML-N and the Sharifs is “to compromise with the military.”

Not an ideal democratic government: Khawaja Asif praises Pak's hybrid model

This is the second time this week that Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, a prominent member of the incumbent Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif cabinet, admitted to the hybrid model, criticised as not mixed but a “fixed government to serve subsidiary interests” by analysts.

"It Is Doing Wonders": Pak Defence Minister Praises Civil-Military "Hybrid Model"

Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif and a close aide of ruling PML-N president and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said the country is being governed under a "hybrid model" in which the military enjoys a major power share.