Almeida’s report described a confrontation in which civilian leaders warned the military that the country faced international isolation unless the military cracked down on Islamist groups, including the Haqqani network, which is active in Afghanistan, and Lashkar-e-Taiba, which is blamed for the 2008 Mumbai attacks, and Jaish-e-Muhammad, which is linked to attacks in Kashmir. According to the article, Sharif’s younger brother, Shahbaz Sharif, the chief minister of Punjab province, accused the military of working to free militants who’d been arrested by civilian authorities.