Military budgets
Buckle up for a shocking revelation: According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), in 2024, global military expenditure reached an unprecedented $2,718 billion, the steepest year-on-year rise since…
Military math
Fact 1: Pakistan’s entire annual defence budget is $7.5 billion. Fact 2: India’s Rafale programme alone costs $16 billion. Fact 3: Pakistan allocates $900 million to the Pakistan Navy. Fact…
Military budgets
Buckle up for a shocking revelation: According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), in 2024, global military expenditure reached an unprecedented $2,718 billion, the steepest year-on-year rise since…
The military-industrial takeover
The frenzy of military spending seems to have gripped several parts of the world once again. Numerous states are preparing to pour billions — if not trillions — of dollars…
Decoding military trials
Military tribunals have long been utilised to decide cases involving civilians in many nations, particularly during periods such as the First and Second World Wars, as well as across ancient,…
Military in civil support
The term ‘military deployment in aid of civil power’ refers to the use of armed forces to assist civil authorities in special circumstances when local or federal law enforcement agencies…
Military’s constitutional role
WHILE expressing his innocent wonder over why our armed forces are “often made the subject of criticism”, Gen Bajwa, our former army chief, recently conceded that this may just have something to…
Creeping military rule?
THE battle lines had long been drawn. Now the fight has reached a critical stage. The May 9 attacks on military installations in some cities seem to be a turning point. Enraged…
Myths about ‘military justice’
ON Oct 23, 2023, the Supreme Court delivered a landmark ruling. In a short order, detailed reasons for which have not yet been published, the SC held provisions of the…
Military courts
PAKISTAN is set to try civilians in military courts for violence committed on May 9 in the wake of the arrest of former premier Imran Khan. The United Nations High…
