Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Pakistan's army chief, General Qamar Bajwa, recently called leading Pakistani businessmen to a meeting where the country's economic situation was reviewed. Prime Minister Imran Khan was not present. Perhaps he did not even know about the meeting. The question of what business the chief of the army has discussing his country's economy with industrialists and economic experts has not been answered by the military. Whispers have been heard of a silent coup underway in Islamabad, perhaps to keep Imran Khan's government on its toes or conveying to it the message that it has little relevance. After all, it was the army which arranged to have Khan's Tehreek-e-Insaf ascend to power at the last elections.

Pakistan's army remains...