Pakistan Army and its history of Politics

The Pakistan Army also called pak army , combined with the Navy and Air Force, makes Pakistan's armed forces the seventh largest military in the world.The Pakistan Army is the largest branch of the Pakistan military, and is mainly responsible for protection of the state borders, the security of administered territories and defending the national interests of Pakistan within the framework of its international obligations.

The Pakistani army has always played an integral part of the Pakistan government and politics since its inception. It has virtually remained as the 3rd party that has seized power every now and then in the name of stabilizing Pakistan. Although Pakistan was founded as a democracy after the partition of the Indian sub-continent, the army has remained one of the country's most powerful institutions. These political invasions of pak army’s into politics cost lots of damges to the political and social body of Pakistan.

 History of Paksitan army’s political invasions into Pakistan politics

The first political invasion of pakistan army occurred when General Ayub Khan came to power as the than nobles wanted Ayub Khan to take power in 1956.because of political turmoil by than ruling party of jukta front and the situation was so bad the speaker of the national assembly was beaten to death right in the assembly hall,even though Ayub Khan did not want to take power saying his job is to protact the country not to rule he agreed to take power as a favour to the nation,

The second political invasion of pakistan army was when General Yahya Khan came to power and took politics and country in his own hands in 1969.

After the seventy one war the democratic setup was restored only to be cut short in 1977 after a coup which saw the end of another democratically elected Government and the Hanging of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the Pakistani Premier. General Zia ul-Haq ruled as a dictator virtually unopposed until his death in 1988. Despite the exit of the army from mainstream politics, the political muscle of the military was everpresent.
The last and latest political invasion was made by current President, General Pervez Musharraf who came to power in a bloodless coup in October 1999 overthrowing the last democratically elected government led by Nawaz Sharif.