@PakAl
Well-written, sir and explains Pakistan's dilemma well.
I don't believe any PM has completed 5 years of his tenure, that is crazy.
Barring ZAB. And the whole thing boils down to the insecurity of the COAS- that he holds the post at the pleasure of the President (indirectly the PM and Parliament). Once the COAS knows that he is secure, he would have little interest in toppling the political executive.
Regards
Noone dares to mess with the COAS, if he wants extension he will get it, alot is propaganda by the politicians. The armed forces make long term policies, and we get some PMs and governments who try to sabotage everything. Nawaz Sharif also had big differences and was removed, Benazir the same, and now Imran Khan. The current situation was blamed on Gen Bajwa but he didnt seek 2nd extension and the next General continued the same policy, this tells us it's the continues of the same policy unless the new younger generals change it themselves. If Pakistan was ruled by one man COAS then no doubt we be 100 worse situation, full of incompetence.
Egypt is under the same system and is doing well economically, China is also highly centralised, India which gained independence from Britain the same time as us never had a military coup, many people say its because of professionalism, or because Indians are democratic, and constitution forbids it, one person mentioned its because Indian political leadership dealt with the military in a way where they were happy with the powers given to them, so everyone agreed to do their duties and this is the main reason no coup take place since they have no reason for it. However disputes and propaganda took place many times, in 2012 BBC UK news was reported it aswell but they always find ways to find a solution. With Pakistan army and civilian government have disputes for months, but both sides don't back off and this is when military decides to use force, so it's not an overnight plan.
Even now all political parties, politicians can sit with the military and sort this out, move forward together. Many politicians have been saying this for years that we need to sit with the military, settle on what powers they want, and sort it out, give and take and move forward. This is what is been done right now.