The moves against the Sharif brothers are likely to have upset the army, even though Nawaz Sharif was ousted as Prime Minister by an army coup. The army “must be boiling inside”, Masood said. “How can they tolerate this state of affairs?”
The bulk of army soldiers come from Punjab, are nationalistic in their outlook, and have a natural inclination toward Sharif’s party, the PML(N), he said.
Kayani has vowed to keep the army out of politics, and was serious about his pledge, Pakistani officials said. But there could be a point where political instability becomes so great that the army would feel to compelled to step in, they said.
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