1. Humans throughout the history came in contact with each other through wars, negotiations, cultures exchanges etc. The role of the military in human history is important and pervasive. Militaries were made to protect the people from other powers, but this role has been over-ruled by militaries worldwide. The role of protecting people has been transformed into ruling over them. The military intervention in the domestic affairs of a state is not new to human civilization. But with the evolution of new world order, this phenomenon has reduced to a great extent in the developed world largely on account of civilian oversight.
2. Vital issues of statecraft and national security are determined by the pattern of institutional interaction between the civil and military components of a nation’s polity. The ordering of
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Dysfunctional civil-military relationship remains the main cause of dysfunctional governance in Pakistan among some other unresolved issues like the the role of religionand ethnic fragmentation. No civilian government has dared to challenge the status quo because despite being elected they continue to lack the legitimacy in the eyes of the people of Pakistan. Pakistan s civil military relations have a differing impact when it comes on to the provincial rule or governance as well. Off lately, even though democracy in Pakistan remained hostage to the confluence of Military Forces, Citizens had the experience of engaging in the electoral processes,3 however rigged. Balochistan, in particular has borne the brunt of unstable civil military relations of Pakistan. The tables have turned since 2005 in Pakistan in terms of prominence of Balochistan. Success of China Pakistan Economic Corridor, perceived to be as panacea for an ailing Pakistan, hinges on cooperation of Balochi population. Most disheartening is that Pak security setup and state machinery wants cooperation of Balochis at the cost of pillaging Balochi homeland, a classic case of modern