All institutions are subservient to the Parliament, and no institution has the right to create a state within the state, added the prime minister.
“If somebody thinks that they are not under the government, they are mistaken (That somebody is your government, dear Prime Minister). They are under the government and they shall remain under the government, because we are the elected representatives of the people of Pakistan.”http://www.dawn.com/2011/12/22/no-institution-has-right-to-create-a-state-within-state-pm.html
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In a late night development on Wednesday which added yet another twist to the memo scandal, the federal government, through the Ministry of Defence, conceded before the Supreme Court that it had no operational control over the armed forces as well as the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).
http://www.dawn.com/2011/12/22/no-control-over-operations-of-army-isi-govt.html