Pakistan is infamous across the world for the fact that the government there works on the instructions of the army. If we look at the current political situation of Pakistan, Field Marshal’s interference in Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s government has increased so much that he himself has started going to America and attending meetings with Donald Trump. Defense Minister Khawaja Asif, who has exposed the Pakistani Army on several occasions, said that Asim Munir is not his boss.

Is Munir running the government of Pakistan?

In an interview given to France 24 English, Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif once again expressed his views openly. He was asked, ‘Is Trump’s favorite Field Marshal Asim Munir running the government of Pakistan?’ In response to this, Khawaja Asif said, ‘There is a system in Pakistan. Our history has been of military control over the government. There was a time when the army interfered in our system and took the reins of power into its hands.

Asim Munir is not my boss: Khawaja Asif

Khawaja Asif was asked whether the army still has control in Pakistan? In response to this he said, ‘It is not so now. At present we are facing threats from Afghanistan, terrorism and India and a weak economy. Pakistani Army is now supporting our government. When he was asked in the interview whether Field Marshal Asim Munir was his boss? To this he said, ‘No, he is not my boss. My boss is Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif.

Khwaja Asif’s statements remained in the headlines

Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif recently said that his country was working like a ‘mercenary army’ in Afghanistan. This is like a direct admission of a major failure in Pakistan’s policy. He said that Pakistan has not yet fully accepted its mistake and now the same is being repeated.

After the terrorist attack in Islamabad, there is a tussle between the Pakistan government and the opposition leader regarding the army. Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said in the Pakistani Parliament on Wednesday (11 February 2026) that no one fights war for the country, rather everyone fights for political interests. On this statement of his, questions are being raised on Pakistan’s CDF Asim Munir and Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, who often criticize Afghanistan and India.

Regarding the army, National Assembly opposition leader Mahmood Khan Achakzai said that the Pakistani Army is the army of only four districts. The Pakistani Defense Minister objected to this, but he accepted that his country is currently stuck in the middle of a war.

No one fights for the country: Khawaja Asif

Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said, ‘We are fighting the war for our political interests. If someone says that we are fighting for the country then they are wrong. We are fighting a war for our political interests and power. In the last 60-70 years, whenever someone was deprived of power, he fought for it and there were no fundamental principles in that fight. No voice is raised from Balochistan when Punjabis are shot after seeing their identity cards. I do not believe in provincial discrimination, but I take strong objection to Achakzai’s comment.

While presenting the figures in Parliament, Khawaja Asif said that the irresponsible statement of the opposition leader was given to defame the national institution. He said, ‘This is the power of the Union, in which all the provinces are represented. This is the power of the entire country.

How many armies in which province of Pakistan?

According to the report of Pakistani newspaper Dawn, according to the 2023 census, the province-wise representation in the army as per the population of the districts was 51.1 percent from Punjab, 16.28 percent from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 20.52 percent from Sindh, 6.04 percent from Balochistan, 2.54 percent from Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan and 3.52 percent from minorities. However, while reading the figures, Khawaja Asif mistakenly stated the representation of Punjab as 91.1 percent instead of 51.1 percent. He also said that the armed forces have made many sacrifices in the fight against terrorism.

Pakistan is stuck in the middle of a bloody war: Khawaja Asif

Khawaja Asif said that the fight against terrorism is not limited to any particular province or district, but is spread across the entire country. He said, ‘We are indebted to those martyrs who lost their lives for our security. We are caught in the middle of a very bloody war. Such attacks and shedding of blood are not justified in our religion.