Military Or Corporate Group? From Biscuits And TV Serials To Real Estate And Banks – Inside Pakistan Army’s Billion-Dollar Empire | World News

Pakistan Army Business Empire: A joke about Pakistan says that the country does not have an army, it is an army that owns a country. This was echoed by Balochistan activist Mir Yar Baloch, who released a video detailing what he described as the Pakistani military’s deep and expanding business interests.

Mir Yar, who has been advocating the separation of Balochistan from Pakistan for years, uses the video to explain that the army’s footprint extends far beyond barracks and battlefields. According to him, the military is involved in everything from biscuits, butter and bakeries to airlines, banks, real estate agents and even television series. He contrasts this with what he calls repeated failures on the battlefield.

In a post shared on X, he writes that in most civilized countries, armed forces exist to guard borders and protect citizens from external threats. He argues that the military plays a very different role in Pakistan. He claims to have run cement factories, produced TV series, owned grain businesses and controlled much of the real estate industry, turning himself into a powerful business enterprise.

Calling itself the country’s largest corporate group, it says the Pakistan Army is making billions of dollars while the national economy struggles to stay afloat. He points out that this is happening in a country that routinely seeks international bailout and where ordinary citizens face economic hardship. In his words, the difference between a poor nation and an extremely rich army is stark.

Mir Yar also reveals the army’s war record. “For 78 years, the Pakistan Army has not won even a single major war,” he says, listing the conflicts with India in 1947, 1965 and 1971, as well as the 1999 Kargil incident. He adds that the consequences of these wars are well known and do not need to be retold.

In the rest of the civilized world, armies stand tall on borders and protect citizens from threats like true guardians. But in Pakistan, a self-proclaimed “nuclear-armed banana republic”, the military is playing a different game: Managing a business empire that thrives on cement. pic.twitter.com/p9SXrqDHRN— Mir Yar Baloch (@miryar_baloch) December 26, 2025

He also takes aim at Pakistan’s nuclear status, saying the country presents itself as a responsible nuclear power but has even turned its nuclear weapons into a tool for raising money and foreign financing. In his view, these weapons are more about leverage than national defense.

He claims that the military’s real priority is to protect foreign wealth and money earned through dubious means. He says the leadership showed little interest in the risk of loss on the battlefield and instead put profit ahead of patriotism.

The video triggered outrage online and added fuel to ongoing debates about the military’s role in Pakistan’s politics, economy and national life.