Pak's economy controlled by a ruthless conglomerate - The army November 11, 2020 at 06:09PM

With 620,000 soldiers, Pakistan boasts about being the world's seventh-largest standing army, but its senior officers have long ago realised the perks to be gained from commercial ventures, writes Elliot Wilson for UK-based The Spectator. Since independence in 1947, the army has steadily intertwined itself into Pakistan's economy: so much so that it's hard to tell where the military stops and any semblance of free-market capitalism begins.