In this Saturday, April 26, 2014 file photo, banners showing pictures of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Chief Lt. General Zaheerul Islam, center, and army chief Gen. Raheel Sharif, right, are displayed by local traders in Islamabad, Pakistan. A controversy has started as Pakistan's powerful military faces off with the country’s largest private television station over allegations that its forces were behind a shooting that seriously wounded Hamid Mir, one of its top anchors. But behind the chanting demonstrations and garish loyalty posters lies the deep challenge confronting Pakistan: Where does power lie in this country that’s undergone three military coups since independence, with its army or its nascent civilian government? (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)
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