Who is Gen Asim Munir, the army chief leading Pakistan’s military amid India crisis?


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In the 77 years since Pakistan was established, its affairs and politics have long been governed by the whims of powerful military generals. Yet even now that the country is out of the clutches of martial law, it is still widely understood that the most powerful man in Pakistan is not the head of the government but instead the chief of the army. Since Gen Asim Munir took over as Pakistan’s army chief more than two years ago, he has been accused of quietly consolidating greater power without even having to topple the country’s civilian rulers. As he kept himself...