Islamabad: Pakistan’s Army Chief Asim Munir has emerged as one of the most unpopular military rulers in the country’s recent history, presiding over a fractured economy, restricted media, and a deeply polarised nation, a report detailed on Tuesday.

It added that Munir’s problem is not control but lack of legitimacy. Unlike his predecessors, who sought civilian applause, his “politics” too is stripped of sentiment.

“Pakistan stands today at a crossroads where its military ruler, Field Marshal Asim Munir, appears to have chosen the oldest and deadliest game in the country’s playbook: the politics of division. Having run out of foreign enemies to exploit and with his legitimacy increasingly fragile at home, Munir seems to have turned inward, weaponising ethnicity and regional identity to su

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