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Publication date
  
May, 2007

ISBN
  
978-0-19-547495-4

Author
  
Ayesha Siddiqa

Publisher
  
Pluto Press

3.5/5
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Pages
  
292

Originally published
  
May 2007

Page count
  
292

Country
  
Pakistan

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Genre
  
Military–industrial complex

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Military Inc.: Inside Pakistan's Military Economy is a book about Pakistan Military's Economic activities and its consequences, written by Ayesha Siddiqa.

Contents

Military inc inside pakistan s military economy


Content

The book divided into 10 chapters discusses Pakistan military's economic empire and its political, economical, and social effect on the country. The author uses the term “Milbus” to refer to “military capital that is used for the personal benefit of the military fraternity, especially the officer cadre, but is neither recorded nor part of the defense budget.” She puts the cost of this Milbus to about $20 billion. Following is a brief description of the content chapter wise:

  • Chapter 1: Defines six distinct categories of Military-Civilian relationship in the world and explaining each with a brief case study of different countries.
  • Chapter 2: Explains Political growth of Pakistan's Army. its mandate, organizational structure and ethnic composition.
  • Chapter 3: Highlights the growth of financial interests of the officer cadre of the army.
  • Chapter 4: Outlines the command and control structure of the economic empire, and various methods used to exploit economic resources.
  • Chapter 5: Discusses the growth of military business activities during the period 1954-1977. Where it expanded its stake in Agriculture, Manufacturing and Service Industry.
  • Chapter 6: Expansion of Military Business during the period 1977-2005, setting up of institutions like Bahria Foundation and Shaheen foundation, entry in finance and banking sector.
  • Chapter 7: Discusses urban and rural land acquisition of armed forces.
  • Chapter 8: Discusses Welfare program for serving and retired Military personnel, inequitable distribution of resources that shows bias towards smaller provinces and ethnic minorities.
  • Chapter 9: Analyzes the financial cost of the Military Economy.
  • Chapter 10: Looks at the effects of Military's Economy on its professionalism, and the politics of the state and the conclusion.

    • Reception

    The book causes a stir as it discussed a subject considered taboo in a country ruled for half of its time since independence, by Military. The author on the launch of the book said, "Over the past three years a lot of my friends have advised me not to publish this book. They think I have suicidal tendencies." Talat Hussain, a retired general and political analyst, said "Ms Siddiqa is a courageous researcher. This area has always been considered a sacred cow in our society." Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) released a booklet titled ‘Information Brief’, countering the figures and facts presented by the author in her book.

    References

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