Analysts say Sharif’s return is likely to have been brokered by the powerful military establishment, which cracked down on Imran Khan’s party after their relationship soured as he was ousted last year.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/21/pakistans-ex-pm-nawaz-sharif-to-return-from-exile-for-political-comeback

Criticism of the military establishment is rare in Pakistan, where army chiefs hold significant influence over domestic politics and foreign policy, and the scenes this week were once considered inconceivable.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/world/pakistan-deploys-army-to-quell-riots-over-ex-pm-khan%27s-arrest

Late on Saturday, Prigozhin, the head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group, was seen leaving the district military headquarters in Rostov-on-Don after halting a rebellion against Russia's military establishment.

Source: https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230625-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-wagner-group-quits-russia-s-territory-after-mercenary-rebellion-u-turn

Prior to his arrest, Khan and his political party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), were embroiled in a contentious political dispute with the military establishment and the coalition government led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

Source: http://southasiajournal.net/is-democracy-in-pakistan-turning-into-mobocracy/

They started victimizing my party, thinking that once the establishment is against a party, normally I mean no one stands up against the military establishment or the army chief.

Source: https://themedialine.org/top-stories/pakistan-could-be-heading-to-dark-ages-imran-khan-tells-tml-facing-imminent-arrest-former-pm-calls-for-televised-hearings-softens-line-to-biden-admin/

What Prigozhin did, in his increasingly voluble videos attacking the Russian military establishment and then in his bizarre not-quite-march-on-Moscow in June, was to hold Putin up to ridicule.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-wagner-prigozhin-dead-update-b2400192.html

Within the military establishment, there is concern that Israel’s goals will be blurred if Mr. Netanyahu follows through on his promise on Wednesday to simultaneously seek the liberation of all the hostages while also attempting to destroy Hamas.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/26/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-invasion-delay.html