An average person might hesitate or even fail to set a vehicle on fire. They may not even know where to start. Especially if it is during a riot, they may panic instead and flea for their own life. At a time when a riot is taking place, they would have had to preplann and premeditate setting vehicles on fire. This was a preplanned hit. These are professional arsonists at work here!
The Canadian Forces reserve training model is very good in my opinion. Pakistan should look into that. You basically can streamline manpower when required, not to mention the discipline it bringsbrings in life.
Gendarmerie is paramilitary wing and what I advocate is a reserve Gendarmerie. There are so many unemployed young men out there and they can be brought into employment by having reservist like Territorial army in UK who train on weekly/monthly basis. They can also learn other skills via this program which can broaden their career horizon.
Active personal will always create a nightmare because the cost goes through the roof and at one time you will not be needing all personal. But when you need the extra bodies you simply tap into the auxiliary that is always on standby. To wait for new recruit you have to hold selection then putting them through training will take almost a year.
So many problems can be solved by having reserve paramilitary, from Borders security, Domestic security, Natural disaster management and even during the time of war they can fight along active military.
The number in my eyes will have to be 500K - 1 Million (or more), because we have to consider the population bomb that has gone off.
The Canadian Forces reserve training model is very good in my opinion. Pakistan should look into that. You basically can streamline manpower when required, not to mention the discipline it bringsbrings in life.