'In Pakistan, the army controls the government', Shahbaz Sharif's secret exposed; Defence Minister confessed the truth:

News Topical, Digital Desk : Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that Pakistan has a hybrid model of governance in which the military has a lot of power. Asif heaped praise on the hybrid model of governance, admitting for the second time this week that Pakistan does not have a genuine democracy.

The defence minister's admission in an interview to Arab News on Friday is an indication that Shahbaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has the support of the Pakistan Army.

'Pakistan does not have an ideal democratic government'

Asif said that this is a hybrid model. Not an ideal democratic government. I think the hybrid system is doing wonders. This system is a practical necessity until Pakistan gets out of economic and governance problems.

Shahbaz will continue politics under the army

He said if such a hybrid model had been adopted in the last decade of the last century when Nawaz Sharif was the prime minister, things would have been better. The defence minister claimed that the only realistic option for the PML-N and Shahbaz is to compromise with the army.

After Asif's open confession, critics claimed that it sealed the future of politics for the Sharif family that they would continue to do politics under the military. What the world knew for a long time has now come out in the open - where the centre of power is in Pakistan and who controls the real powers.