ISI in Pakistan's Domestic Politics

An Assessment

Abstract

The article showcases a larger-than-life image of Pakistan's Intelligence agencies highlighting their role in the domestic politics of Pakistan, by understanding the Inter-Service Agencies (ISI), objectives, and machinations as well as their domestic political role play. This is primarily carried out by subverting the political system through various means, with the larger aim of ensuring an unchallenged Army rule. In the present times, meddling, muddling and messing in, the domestic affairs of the Pakistani Government fall in their charter of duties, under the rubric of maintenance of national security. Its extra-constitutional and extraordinary powers have undoubtedly made it the potent symbol of the ‘Deep State'.