[DAWN] Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal suggested on Monday that some "hidden hands" are attempting to sabotage the democratic process in the country but that the nation would break the cycle [of political instability] "this time".In a post made on his Facebook page, Iqbal began by listing decades in Pakistain's history that were alternately marked by either democracy or military rule.
"Our history: '50s Democracy, '60s Martial Law, '70s Democracy, '80s Martial Law, '90s Democracy, '00s Martial Law, '10s Democracy, [20] '20s ???" he wrote.
The minister said that Pakistain's history has fluctuated between democracy and martial laws, adding that it has become a pattern.
"Some hidden hands and inertia of history are trying to drift the democratic process into [the] same old design," he wrote in his post.