Ahsan Iqbal fears martial law next in line

The Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on his social media accounts has shared a timeline of the country, which shows a pattern of the country’s governments with martial law and democracy alternating from the 50s till the 10s. However, expressing his concern of martial law being next in-line, he wondered if the ‘cycle’ will be broken this time.

The interior minister said that all measures would be taken to break the attempt of hidden hands and inertia of history who were trying to drift the democratic process into same old design.

“Pakistan's history has oscillated between decades of democracy and martial laws following a pattern,” he said. Iqbal wondered if this cycle will be broken down as all ‘except a troika of failed politicians, disgruntled media anchors, and a few retired servicemen’ were committed to preserve continuity of democratic process.

While talking to media on Saturday, Iqbal had made similar comments and said that a particular lobby is hell-bent on constructing a narrative to provoke unconstitutional acts in the country so that they get their jobs back. “But this conspiracy will fall flat as Pakistan has become a stable democracy that can no longer be derailed,” he said.

Recently at an event in Sialkot, Iqbal alleged that some disgruntled elements wanted to pit the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz against the army. “They will never succeed in materialising their nefarious designs,” he said. “Democracy is reigning supreme in the country and the next general elections will be held on time”.