Soldiers of ‘Fortune’? Qamar Javed Bajwa Represents Pakistan Army’s $100B Private ‘War Chest’


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The story of the family wealth of Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa who is retiring on November 29 after a six-year term is an interesting anecdote that shows how the Pakistan army (PA), the most powerful institution in the country, is beyond audit, scrutiny, and answerability. Pakistan has currently an external debt of $130 billion and is surviving on loans from other countries and multilateral financial institutions but PA is busy owning and looting the social and business interests of the nation that reflects in the unaccounted and disproportionate wealth and assets of senior rank military officers and...