Civil-Military Tensions Are Rising in Pakistan
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Pakistani Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal speaks to media outside an accountability court where former prime minister Nawaz Sharif appeared to face corruption charges in Islamabad on Oct. 2, 2017.
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Civil-military tensions are rising in Pakistan.
The latest sign of a rift came Oct. 2, when paramilitary troops barred their boss, Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal, from entering the court hearing a corruption case against former premier Nawaz Sharif.