“Pakistan’s Power Play Goes Gourmet: Introducing the Munir-strone Soup”, pakistan
, December 05, 2025
“Since its inception, Pakistan has been less a nation-state and more a long-running military franchise with civilians occasionally allowed cameo roles. Ayub Khan launched the series, Zia-ul-Haq added a grim religious twist, and Pervez Musharraf gave it a modern authoritarian sheen. Each general marched in, suspended the Constitution as casually as cancelling a gym membership, and rewrote the system to ensure the khakis never lose their plotline. Even Musharraf’s 2019 treason conviction touted as a dawn of civilian supremacy turned out to be more of a sunset montage. The man never returned to serve a sentence and passed away overseas, untouched by the justice he was supposedly delivered. Field Marshal General Asim Munir is the latest lead in this saga.
In a country where officers have been court-martialed for spying or stealing millions but never for toppling elected governments, the notion of military accountability remains a charming fairy tale told only to children and foreign diplomats.
Enter Field Marshal General Asim Munir the latest chef in Rawalpindi’s political kitchen. But unlike his predecessors, Munir did not bother with the theatrics of rolling tanks onto Constitution Avenue. No, he simply went gourmet. He prepared a slow-cooked, richly spiced dish: the Munirstrone……”
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