Fight over resources

HERE is an interesting question: what exactly animates the polity in Pakistan that it sees repeated military interventions in civilian politics, as well as repeated attempts by political parties to try and team up with the military and annihilate their opponents?

All political systems see competition between parties. It is what they are designed to do after all, to sublimate the conflictual forces within their society via a rule-bound space. But Pakistan is among those countries that see cutthroat competition...