Pakistan’s Power Play Goes Gourmet: Introducing the Munir-strone Soup

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, […]