Why Pakistan needs a ‘Private Army’?

[Big Tank]

so better that billions of dollars, many predator drone strike and foreign military intervention later... it regrets having ever participating in western wars

Okay Mr wannabe Godfather.

 

[Michael Corleone]

Okay Mr wannabe Godfather.

so long Mr, big inanimate object

 

[HAIDER]

Zeeshan Munir |

The services of private contractors are used around the world. P. W. Singer, author of Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry says, “In geographic terms, it operates in over 50 different countries. It’s operated in every single continent but Antarctica.” According to stats, in the 1990s there used to be 50 military personnel for every 1 contractor, and now the strength ratio is 10 to 1.

According to the Brazilian strategist De Leon Petta, far from meaning a possible weakening of the national state power and its monopoly on violence, these private military company (PMCs) will actually serve as alternative forms of power application abroad through irregular means, without violating international law, without causing troubles in the domestic or public policy, or too many international repercussions.

Read more: Taliban hybrid war that defeated the USA

According to the US State Department, thousands of private military contractors served and are serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. In Iraq, these contractors mostly provide security to high profile personalities or protect sensitive installations such as oil refineries. In Afghanistan, these contractors are quickly replacing US military and are engaged in training the Afghan National Army and police. These contractors are also expected to take a lead role in anti-Taliban/ISIS operations in the war-torn country after the withdrawal of US forces. This has raised fears of increased war crimes since International Humanitarian Law consider private contractors as unlawful combatants since they generally do not respect laws of war and do not carry any military insignia which may help identify their allegiances.

PMCs have been accused of having committed or assisted in various crimes against civilians and detainees, especially during the second Gulf War. The accountability gap of PMCs was revealed in the 2004 incidents at Abu Ghraib detention facility in Iraq, which recorded gross abuse of human rights by CACI – an American-hired PMC. Evidence records that, while the state military officers– found involved in the abuse of detainees by a military investigation– were subjected to court-martial and sentenced to prison, none of the employees of two PMCs implicated in the abuses were charged with any crime. In Sierra Leone, Executive Outcomes carried out air strikes ensuing huge collateral damage.

Despite a dark history and negative connotation associated with them, PMCs are an effective and flexible tool of national power. Countries with weaker conventional militaries especially in Africa and South America hire PMCs for multifaceted objectives. These not only provide security to those who need it but are employed as a show of force. According to various reports, these have also been used to suppress dissent in various third world countries. However, by spending a lesser amount and hiring PMCs, many states have strengthened their security apparatus which otherwise would have required millions of dollars and years to accomplish.

Read more: What is Hybrid Warfare: A detailed analysis

We need them

Pakistan has a standing army of almost 560,000 soldiers and officers in addition to almost a 100,000 reserves. The army is stationed across the length and breadth of the country and is involved in counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations. The army is often called to assist civilian administrations especially during natural calamities or to curb civil unrest.

Pak Army is the strongest institution in the country and a major component of national power. It is renowned throughout the world for its professionalism and has been repeatedly deployed as military advisors in the Gulf and elsewhere. It is also one of the largest contributors to the UN peacekeeping missions and served as US ally in the global war on terror.

Pakistan Army has been reformed and overhauled to meet the complex security challenges of the 21st century. From being a conventional force armed and trained to fight its foe to the east in open battle spaces, it has been transformed to fight asymmetrical challenges in addition to conventional threats. The successes of Pakistan Army in Swat and FATA in addition to keeping aggressive enemy designs at bay are a proof of this assertion.

However, unfortunately, Pakistan’s economic growth has stagnated and declined over the past decade. This has made it practically impossible for the military to be rearmed with the state of the art weaponry which has resulted in a conventional disadvantage viz-a-viz its arch-rival. Pakistan’s deterrence capabilities are enough to neutralize any threat from the east but the emerging hybrid threats within the country has overstretched the army.

Read more: Is Pakistan heading towards a civil war?

For example, the army had to raise an entire new division to protect CPEC from asymmetrical threats in Baluchistan and Gilgit-Baltistan. The army was also tasked with training the police and paramilitary forces and providing backup to them whenever necessary. This strained the military’s resources. But it has a pragmatic solution. Private Military Companies.

Many soldiers and officers retire from the army at a young age. These men are forced to move to the private sector which neither suits them nor are they trained for it. By establishing such companies (the current private companies are sub-standard) having international standards, Pakistan can not only provide job opportunities to thousands of men but also relieve pressure on the over-stretched security apparatus of the country.

These trained men can be employed to protect vital infrastructure, trade routes, high profile personalities, train law enforcement agencies in addition to being a strategic reserve in case of a major war. These companies, however, must be strictly regulated and controlled by the state and should not be allowed to operate abroad. By employing local PMCs at a bigger scale, not only revenue can be generated but multiple security challenges can also be met.

Zeeshan Munir is Assistant Editor at Global Village Space. He specializes in International Humanitarian Law. He tweets @zishanmuneer. The views expressed in this article are author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of Global Village Space.

https://www.globalvillagespace.com/why-pakistan-needs-a-private-army/

Give you little clue, inside Pakistani army they already has independent pre-emptive strike units work under intelligence.

 

[Big Tank]

Give you little clue, inside Pakistani army they already has independent re-emptive strike units work under intelligence.

No

 

[Hakikat ve Hikmet]

Elhamdulillah Pak folks are macho enough armed or not armed!!!! Compare this to BD army...

 

[Slav Defence]

these here pets and bros of @Slav Defence have the freedom to post all kinds of lies and distortions yet when someone responds in the same manner, slav defence bans them instantly

Wrong. I have warned and banned BD members as well.Many times Pakistanis have started it.Be afraid of Allah(SWT).I have to show my face to him.

didn't pakistan already have bunch of those? they also came with suicide vests and beards

Do not provoke.This time it was warning, next time it will be a ban.

Regards

 

[Divergent]

Okayyyy

 

[Signalian]

What a woeful article. There are no audits for Black Ops aka Private Army Ops.

 

[Michael Corleone]

Do not provoke.This time it was warning, next time it will be a ban.

if this is provoking you instead of trying to figure out why the person have said that, you're at wrong here... not me

these here pets and bros of @Slav Defence have the freedom to post all kinds of abuse, lies and distortions yet when someone responds in the same manner, slav defence bans them instantly

point is, it's bad idea for pakistan to create private armies/ mercenaries... it's regular army is good enough to deal with it's security... doing such stuff ill only create more tension in the region and negatively effect pakistan

 

[doorstar]

point is, it's bad idea for pakistan to create private armies/ mercenaries... it's regular army is good enough to deal with it's security... doing such stuff ill only create more tension in the region and negatively effect pakistan

as far as I know Pakistan state is not only agreeable to this idea (of only state having the arms) but eager to take control of all Pakistan affairs.

what I objected to was your moronic stereotyping about Pakistani beard-wallahs and posting outright distortions about drone attacks (which gave Pakistan control of an extra 27000+ square miles of previously ungoverned and ungovernable areas), status of which I explained to PDF mods via the report button (but they ignored it) when @Nilgiri used the same mocking tone in another thread as you did in this one.

had this forum been run by Pakistanis instead of ummatis, Nilgiri and you both (and others) would be stopped from saying falsehoods and half-truths

and your anti-Pakistan posts should be deleted instead of just my pro-Pakistan ones!

 

[Pakhtoon yum]

Zeeshan Munir |

The services of private contractors are used around the world. P. W. Singer, author of Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry says, “In geographic terms, it operates in over 50 different countries. It’s operated in every single continent but Antarctica.” According to stats, in the 1990s there used to be 50 military personnel for every 1 contractor, and now the strength ratio is 10 to 1.

According to the Brazilian strategist De Leon Petta, far from meaning a possible weakening of the national state power and its monopoly on violence, these private military company (PMCs) will actually serve as alternative forms of power application abroad through irregular means, without violating international law, without causing troubles in the domestic or public policy, or too many international repercussions.

Read more: Taliban hybrid war that defeated the USA

According to the US State Department, thousands of private military contractors served and are serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. In Iraq, these contractors mostly provide security to high profile personalities or protect sensitive installations such as oil refineries. In Afghanistan, these contractors are quickly replacing US military and are engaged in training the Afghan National Army and police. These contractors are also expected to take a lead role in anti-Taliban/ISIS operations in the war-torn country after the withdrawal of US forces. This has raised fears of increased war crimes since International Humanitarian Law consider private contractors as unlawful combatants since they generally do not respect laws of war and do not carry any military insignia which may help identify their allegiances.

PMCs have been accused of having committed or assisted in various crimes against civilians and detainees, especially during the second Gulf War. The accountability gap of PMCs was revealed in the 2004 incidents at Abu Ghraib detention facility in Iraq, which recorded gross abuse of human rights by CACI – an American-hired PMC. Evidence records that, while the state military officers– found involved in the abuse of detainees by a military investigation– were subjected to court-martial and sentenced to prison, none of the employees of two PMCs implicated in the abuses were charged with any crime. In Sierra Leone, Executive Outcomes carried out air strikes ensuing huge collateral damage.

Despite a dark history and negative connotation associated with them, PMCs are an effective and flexible tool of national power. Countries with weaker conventional militaries especially in Africa and South America hire PMCs for multifaceted objectives. These not only provide security to those who need it but are employed as a show of force. According to various reports, these have also been used to suppress dissent in various third world countries. However, by spending a lesser amount and hiring PMCs, many states have strengthened their security apparatus which otherwise would have required millions of dollars and years to accomplish.

Read more: What is Hybrid Warfare: A detailed analysis

We need them

Pakistan has a standing army of almost 560,000 soldiers and officers in addition to almost a 100,000 reserves. The army is stationed across the length and breadth of the country and is involved in counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations. The army is often called to assist civilian administrations especially during natural calamities or to curb civil unrest.

Pak Army is the strongest institution in the country and a major component of national power. It is renowned throughout the world for its professionalism and has been repeatedly deployed as military advisors in the Gulf and elsewhere. It is also one of the largest contributors to the UN peacekeeping missions and served as US ally in the global war on terror.

Pakistan Army has been reformed and overhauled to meet the complex security challenges of the 21st century. From being a conventional force armed and trained to fight its foe to the east in open battle spaces, it has been transformed to fight asymmetrical challenges in addition to conventional threats. The successes of Pakistan Army in Swat and FATA in addition to keeping aggressive enemy designs at bay are a proof of this assertion.

However, unfortunately, Pakistan’s economic growth has stagnated and declined over the past decade. This has made it practically impossible for the military to be rearmed with the state of the art weaponry which has resulted in a conventional disadvantage viz-a-viz its arch-rival. Pakistan’s deterrence capabilities are enough to neutralize any threat from the east but the emerging hybrid threats within the country has overstretched the army.

Read more: Is Pakistan heading towards a civil war?

For example, the army had to raise an entire new division to protect CPEC from asymmetrical threats in Baluchistan and Gilgit-Baltistan. The army was also tasked with training the police and paramilitary forces and providing backup to them whenever necessary. This strained the military’s resources. But it has a pragmatic solution. Private Military Companies.

Many soldiers and officers retire from the army at a young age. These men are forced to move to the private sector which neither suits them nor are they trained for it. By establishing such companies (the current private companies are sub-standard) having international standards, Pakistan can not only provide job opportunities to thousands of men but also relieve pressure on the over-stretched security apparatus of the country.

These trained men can be employed to protect vital infrastructure, trade routes, high profile personalities, train law enforcement agencies in addition to being a strategic reserve in case of a major war. These companies, however, must be strictly regulated and controlled by the state and should not be allowed to operate abroad. By employing local PMCs at a bigger scale, not only revenue can be generated but multiple security challenges can also be met.

Zeeshan Munir is Assistant Editor at Global Village Space. He specializes in International Humanitarian Law. He tweets @zishanmuneer. The views expressed in this article are author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of Global Village Space.

https://www.globalvillagespace.com/why-pakistan-needs-a-private-army/

By private army he means an insurgent group that answers to the army. Hmm

 

[Nilgiri]

as far as I know Pakistan state is not only agreeable to this idea (of only state having the arms) but eager to take control of all Pakistan.

what I objected to was your moronic stereotyping about Pakistani beard-wallahs and posting outright distortions about drone attacks (which gave Pakistan control of an extra 27000+ square miles of previously ungoverned and ungovernable areas), status of which I explained to PDF mods via the report button (but they ignored it) when @Nilgiri used the same mocking tone in another thread as you did in this one.

had this forum been run by Pakistanis instead of ummatis, Nilgiri and you both (and others) would be stopped from saying falsehoods and half-truths

and your anti-Pakistan posts should be deleted instead of just my pro-Pakistan ones!

Hey I'm just testing where the current level of dbl/triple standards are like in the forum...seems to wax and wane each week heh. Don't mind me

 

[Zarvan]

No

Yes there are

 

[HariPrasad]

Zeeshan Munir |

The services of private contractors are used around the world. P. W. Singer, author of Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry says, “In geographic terms, it operates in over 50 different countries. It’s operated in every single continent but Antarctica.” According to stats, in the 1990s there used to be 50 military personnel for every 1 contractor, and now the strength ratio is 10 to 1.

According to the Brazilian strategist De Leon Petta, far from meaning a possible weakening of the national state power and its monopoly on violence, these private military company (PMCs) will actually serve as alternative forms of power application abroad through irregular means, without violating international law, without causing troubles in the domestic or public policy, or too many international repercussions.

Read more: Taliban hybrid war that defeated the USA

According to the US State Department, thousands of private military contractors served and are serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. In Iraq, these contractors mostly provide security to high profile personalities or protect sensitive installations such as oil refineries. In Afghanistan, these contractors are quickly replacing US military and are engaged in training the Afghan National Army and police. These contractors are also expected to take a lead role in anti-Taliban/ISIS operations in the war-torn country after the withdrawal of US forces. This has raised fears of increased war crimes since International Humanitarian Law consider private contractors as unlawful combatants since they generally do not respect laws of war and do not carry any military insignia which may help identify their allegiances.

PMCs have been accused of having committed or assisted in various crimes against civilians and detainees, especially during the second Gulf War. The accountability gap of PMCs was revealed in the 2004 incidents at Abu Ghraib detention facility in Iraq, which recorded gross abuse of human rights by CACI – an American-hired PMC. Evidence records that, while the state military officers– found involved in the abuse of detainees by a military investigation– were subjected to court-martial and sentenced to prison, none of the employees of two PMCs implicated in the abuses were charged with any crime. In Sierra Leone, Executive Outcomes carried out air strikes ensuing huge collateral damage.

Despite a dark history and negative connotation associated with them, PMCs are an effective and flexible tool of national power. Countries with weaker conventional militaries especially in Africa and South America hire PMCs for multifaceted objectives. These not only provide security to those who need it but are employed as a show of force. According to various reports, these have also been used to suppress dissent in various third world countries. However, by spending a lesser amount and hiring PMCs, many states have strengthened their security apparatus which otherwise would have required millions of dollars and years to accomplish.

Read more: What is Hybrid Warfare: A detailed analysis

We need them

Pakistan has a standing army of almost 560,000 soldiers and officers in addition to almost a 100,000 reserves. The army is stationed across the length and breadth of the country and is involved in counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations. The army is often called to assist civilian administrations especially during natural calamities or to curb civil unrest.

Pak Army is the strongest institution in the country and a major component of national power. It is renowned throughout the world for its professionalism and has been repeatedly deployed as military advisors in the Gulf and elsewhere. It is also one of the largest contributors to the UN peacekeeping missions and served as US ally in the global war on terror.

Pakistan Army has been reformed and overhauled to meet the complex security challenges of the 21st century. From being a conventional force armed and trained to fight its foe to the east in open battle spaces, it has been transformed to fight asymmetrical challenges in addition to conventional threats. The successes of Pakistan Army in Swat and FATA in addition to keeping aggressive enemy designs at bay are a proof of this assertion.

However, unfortunately, Pakistan’s economic growth has stagnated and declined over the past decade. This has made it practically impossible for the military to be rearmed with the state of the art weaponry which has resulted in a conventional disadvantage viz-a-viz its arch-rival. Pakistan’s deterrence capabilities are enough to neutralize any threat from the east but the emerging hybrid threats within the country has overstretched the army.

Read more: Is Pakistan heading towards a civil war?

For example, the army had to raise an entire new division to protect CPEC from asymmetrical threats in Baluchistan and Gilgit-Baltistan. The army was also tasked with training the police and paramilitary forces and providing backup to them whenever necessary. This strained the military’s resources. But it has a pragmatic solution. Private Military Companies.

Many soldiers and officers retire from the army at a young age. These men are forced to move to the private sector which neither suits them nor are they trained for it. By establishing such companies (the current private companies are sub-standard) having international standards, Pakistan can not only provide job opportunities to thousands of men but also relieve pressure on the over-stretched security apparatus of the country.

These trained men can be employed to protect vital infrastructure, trade routes, high profile personalities, train law enforcement agencies in addition to being a strategic reserve in case of a major war. These companies, however, must be strictly regulated and controlled by the state and should not be allowed to operate abroad. By employing local PMCs at a bigger scale, not only revenue can be generated but multiple security challenges can also be met.

Zeeshan Munir is Assistant Editor at Global Village Space. He specializes in International Humanitarian Law. He tweets @zishanmuneer. The views expressed in this article are author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of Global Village Space.

https://www.globalvillagespace.com/why-pakistan-needs-a-private-army/

Pakistan has mighty army ranked some 16th to 18th position. Why does Pakistan require a private army at all?

 

[Zarvan]

Pakistan has mighty army ranked some 16th to 18th position. Why does Pakistan require a private army at all?

To attack some one and when some one says it was us we just deny it