Military Inc.: Inside Pakistan's Military Economy
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This study examines the commercial empire that Pakistan's army has built over several decades. Its author traces how officers, and the institution itself, have come to control companies, land and major assets, so that a small circle of senior military figures holds a large share of the national economy.
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The book argues that this business power is bound up with the army's long hold on government, and that each reinforces the other. It looks at how the military's entry into commerce has changed Pakistani society, producing something close to a separate class with its own interests.
Attention also turns to the outside world. Pakistan's role as a close partner of the United States in the fight against terrorism, and the large aid that follows, make the question of who really governs the country more pressing. The work asks whether civilian democracy can take root while generals keep such stakes, and what might persuade them to step back from power.
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