Current political crisis in Pakistan is a scripted one that would result in a 'Bangladesh model' coup, according to a report published by Pakistani newspaper Dawn.
Based on statement by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) President Javed Hashmi, the report says analysts are speculating that a version of the 'Bangladesh Model' may be in the works.
"Imran had told the PTI core committee it won't be called a martial law," Hashmi alleged at a press conference, read the Dawn report.
The report says: Hashmi hinted at a covert form of takeover by the military establishment, using PTI Chairman Imran Khan and Chief of the Pakistan Awami Tehreek Tahir-ul-Qadri as their instruments.
"When Imran laid out the plan, I said to Imran, 'Khan sahab what are you doing?'"
"He said, 'I am telling you there will be elections in September and everything has been worked out.'"
'Bangladesh model'
“The 'Bangladesh Model', a soft coup, is based on the idea that the political system must be cleansed of corrupt elements for the welfare of the public, which perhaps has been left incapacitated to elect honest leaders,” the report read.
According to the Dawn report the model works on the premise that the military and judiciary must intervene to help differentiate the 'right' from the 'wrong' before it is too late. The model stipulates that the democracy that follows such a 'cleansing' is therefore a truer form since the people have been rightly 'guided' and are now able to make informed decisions.
Stating that technocrats, current and former officials aligned with the military and judiciary play a vital role in the implementation of the 'Bangladesh Model', the Dawn says “the strings are pulled from the background and through an interim government that remains in power for a lengthy period as the one that occurred in Bangladesh in 2007.”