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100 _aSiddiqua-Agha, Ayesha
245 _aPolitical economy of national security
260 _c2002
300 _ap.4545-549.
362 _a2 Nov
520 _aThis paper highlights the high cost of military security in Pakistan over the past 20 years. With the single agenda of its policy-makers being to neutralise India's military might, defence spending has always got a higher priority than development expenditure. More importantly, the military has had a major role in the division of national resources. The military's role as the key player in power politics and decision-making has allowed it to take a major chunk of the financial pie. - Reproduced.
650 _aState security - Pakistan
650 _aState security
773 _aEconomic and Political Weekly
909 _a54436
999 _c54436
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