'Soft coup' warning as Pak's army chief meets business leaders on economy

General Qamar Javed Bajwa privately met top business leaders to find ways to bolster the economy.

Pakistan’s already powerful military is taking an even greater role in running the country as the economy stumbles.

Army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa has privately met top business leaders to find ways to bolster the economy, according to people familiar with the matter. The three meetings Bloomberg is aware of took place this year at heavily guarded military offices in Karachi, the financial capital, and Rawalpindi, a northern town that houses the army’s headquarters.

At the meetings, arranged through mutual contacts, Bajwa asked business leaders how to fix the economy and what would lead them to make investments, said the