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The Military has ruled Pakistan for 33 of the country’s 68 year history, and two key reasons help explain its dominance, first upon gaining independence in 1947, Pakistan retained 17% of colonial India’s revenue streams but inherited 33% of the Military.
This gave the armed forces a proportional advantage in the new government. Second, the immediate disagreement between India and Pakistan over the fate of the Muslim-majority state of Kashmir fueled a ...