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Zardari criticises army

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MAKING HISTORY: Fahmida Mirza, newly-elected Speaker of Pakistan’s National Assembly, takes the oath from outgoing Speaker Amir Hussain in Islamabad on Wednesday.

New York: Pakistan’s military, which thinks itself as the country’s “only viable institution” and its deep-rooted suspicion of the civil political process have hampered the growth of democracy during the past six decades, said PPP Chairman Asif Ali Zardari.

“Pakistan’s democracy has not evolved over the past 60 years because the Generals believed they should intervene in politics and run the country,” Mr. Zardari said in a commentary written for CNN and posted on its website on Wednesday. — PTI

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