The myth of military superiority and “getting everything right” has been perpetuated for the longest time - while the military does pay tax and unlike civilians cannot dodge it through institutional governance (until they retire) - it isn’t exactly a game changing amount.
Ironically, when the military does pay taxes it is in effect paying itself in a way but that is a longer debate.
Today I spoke to a former retired officer who was possibly one of the cleanest and most accomplished two star I knew and his utterances left me speechless
“Ye fauj sab se bara disease hai qaum ka, deemak hain… mein iss ka hissa tha mujhe bhi band karo… aur ab iss mulk aur qaum ko tootne do”
That tells you exactly where Pakistan is