Is Pakistan heading for military coup?

Attacks on India expected after army splits with president

President Asif Ali Zardar

WASHINGTON – The Pakistani government of President Asif Ali Zardari has signaled that it no longer has control over the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate, suggesting that it acts independently and even in conflict with the civilian government, according to a report from Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin.
Pakistani Chief of the Army Staff Gen. Ashfaq Pervez Kayani has served notice to the Pakistani Supreme Court that the military will assert its role on national security even if it’s not in agreement with the policies of the civilian-led government of Zardari, who is considered a weak chief executive.
This admission, made to the high court without prior clearance from Pakistani Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gilani, at a minimum shows the army will act independently of the elected government.
But it also suggests that the army is on the verge of taking over the reins of government. In recent days, Gilani, who has rejected the army’s independence in national security matters from that of the government decision-making, has gone so far as to claim that there is a conspiracy against the government by the army.
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