ABSTRACT
There are armies which guard their nation’s borders, there are armies which are concerned with protecting their own position in society, and there are armies which defend a cause or an idea. The Pakistan Army does all three. 1 From the day Pakistan was created it has helped to establish internal order and protect Pakistan’s permeable and often ill-defined borders; it used its power and special position within Pakistan to ensure that it received adequate weapons, resources, and manpower. Finally, it always regarded itself as the special expression of the idea of Pakistan, and a few officers have argued for an activist role in reforming or correcting the society when it fell below the standard of excellence set by the military.
