Since 2002, Pakistan has celebrated democratic transfer of power from one government to the other despite the flaws in election and the influence of military in decision making and governance.
However, even at the time of elected democratic governments in place in the centre and provinces, the role and ascendancy of the military in governance domain has not only been present, successive elected governments have taken aconstitutional steps to further entrench the role of military in key areas of policy and governance. While political parties campaign for public votes and approval, their track-record shows they have surrendered key areas of governance to the military leading to a complete reconstruction of exercise of political and economic power.
Within this background, the PILDAT Issue Paper examines the creation of the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) and how it has institutionalised the role of military in the economic domain.
