Alright, even though this AI complied propaganda bullsh1t does not deserve any response but since alot of PTI cultists share similar brain rot nonsense might as well I just destroy this garbage for heck of it.
East India company was there to plunder and loot resources and wealth and take it back to Great Britain.
There is no evidence to suggest Pakistan Army is exploiting local resources for the benifit of foreign government in similar scale as East India company. Infact it was Mughal empire who built such enormous wealth and if your learn your history you will know that in Mughal empire it was mainly the military that was controlling politics and wealth.
(The mansabdari-jagirdari system was particularly important. Instead of simply paying every military officer a normal salary, the state could assign a jagir, meaning the right to collect specified revenues from a territory. The officer used those revenues to maintain himself and fulfill his obligations to the state.
So you could roughly visualize Mughal power as:
Military power ⬇
Political authority ⬇
Control of revenue ⬇
Ability to maintain the military and bureaucracy ⬇
Further political control
This created a military-fiscal system.)
Not sure how 1800s and 1900s millions of peoples deaths at the hands of British empire can be associated with Pakistan Army. You should take a look at how Russia China and Iran uses iron fist to control its people. Sometimes you got to take your stick out to control the zoo.
You’re still arguing against something I didn’t actually say. I never claimed Pakistan Army is literally the East India Company, or that British colonialism & Pakistan today are identical. “West Pakistan Company” was a political analogy about the concentration of power, control over resources & the creation of a state within the state.
If you want to challenge that argument, then look at the military establishment’s own economic footprint. Fauji Foundation, Army Welfare Trust, Askari, Bahria Foundation, Shaheen Foundation & the wider military-linked business network are not imaginary. Then there is the huge real-estate footprint through DHA & other military-linked housing schemes. You can argue about the exact numbers, taxation or where the profits ultimately go, but pretending this economic empire doesn't exist doesn't answer the point.
Then comes the bigger issue: political & institutional influence. The military establishment has historically had a role far beyond defense — influencing governments, elections, political alliances, bureaucracy, media & other state institutions. That is what people mean when they describe it as a “
state within a state.” It doesn't require believing that the Army personally controls every judge, journalist, bureaucrat or politician.
The informal economy & border trade are another part of the picture. Smuggling of fuel & other goods across the Iran & Afghanistan borders has continued despite fencing. The question is not simply “who physically smuggles it?” but who has the influence & capacity to allow these networks to operate at such a scale. If you disagree with that, then provide evidence to the contrary.
So the Mughal example doesn't really rescue your argument. You explained how a military-fiscal system worked centuries ago. I’m talking about whether a modern constitutional state should allow one institution to accumulate such extensive political, institutional & economic power.
And bringing up Russia, China and Iran doesn't change that discussion either. We are talking about Pakistan.
You don't have to agree with my analogy. But if your answer to all of this is “PTI brain rot” & “ChatGPT propaganda,” you're still attacking the person making the argument instead of actually disproving the argument.
