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The Emperor's New-Look Clothes

Tailoring the political system is the military's need: to preserve its entrenched interests

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The Emperor's New-Look Clothes
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(Dr Hasan-Askari Rizvi is a Lahore-based political and defence analyst. His most recent book is Military, State and Society in Pakistan, Macmillan Press, London, 2000.)
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