Dr Kashif Iqbal has provided a thorough list of Army Officers in Civilian  Govt. Departments and Government owned industries and civilian institutions of  Pakistan including Universities.  It is a very long list that proves through hard facts the vast and deep influence of army in all walks of life.  Please find Dr. Iqbal’s list here – Every Country has Army, Pakistan Army has a  country

Army is supposed to protect our borders not run our dear country to the ground.  The following excerpt from Dr. Iqbal’s analysis shows how deep the problem is -

The range of fields  where military officers are working on civilian posts encompasses every sector  of human endeavour including communications, education, diplomacy, water and  electricity management, information, post office, jails, local bodies, think  tanks, industrial production, shipping, minority affairs, population welfare,  health, agriculture, railways, highways, housing, labour and manpower, social  and women development, law and justice and sub-sectors of sports from cricket to  hockey.

A close look at the figures shows that these military personnel  occupy 13 posts in the cabinet division, 5 posts in the commerce ministry, 98 in  communications ministry, 113 in the defence division, 52 in the defence  production division, 9 in the education ministry, 16 in the establishment  division, 24 in the ministry of foreign affairs, 6 in the ministry of food,  agriculture and livestock. There are 88 military officers working in the  ministry of interior, 2 in the health ministry, 6 in the housing and works  ministry, 29 in the industries and production ministry, 3 in the information and  broadcasting ministry, 58 in the ministry of Information Technology, 25 in the  Kashmir affairs and northern affairs ministry, five in the labour and manpower  division, 17 in the ministry of minorities affairs, 39 in the ministry of  petroleum and natural resources, just one each in the ministry of population  welfare, the planning and development division and the ministry of religious  affairs. There are two military officials working in the revenue division (CBR),  21 in the ministry of science and technology, 72 in the ministry of  railways/railway board, 37 in the ministry of water and power, 5 in the ministry  of women development, 6 in the Wafaqi Mohtasib (Federal Ombudsmen). There are  another 37 officers who have been inducted under the military’s 10 per cent  quota in civilian posts over and above these appointments.