Pakistan’s Army has weaponised technology not to defend borders, but to enslave its citizens. With systems like the Web Monitoring System (WMS 2.0) and Lawful Intercept Management System (LIMS), the military establishment has created a profit-driven digital prison, where the public pays the bill and generals hold the keys. This isn’t “national security.” It is khaki authoritarianism in HD quality, imported from abroad, funded by taxpayers, and aimed squarely at Pakistanis themselves.

A Nation Under Surveillance. 

Unlike in most countries, where surveillance claims to protect citizens, in Pakistan it protects the Army from citizens. WMS 2.0 (China’s gift to GHQ) - Blocks VPNs, bans “unlawful” content, and transforms the internet into a barracks notice board controlled by Rawalpindi. LIMS (Utimaco + Datafusion) - A plug-in for ISI to spy on 4+ million people at once—geolocation, calls, messages, all fed into military databases. Every smartphone in Pakistan has effectively become a listening post for the Army.

Exploiting Ordinary Pakistanis

The Army has turned its people into data livestock—monitored, tagged, and milked for control.  While hospitals collapse and wheat prices soar, public money bankrolls censorship systems imported from Europe, the Gulf, and China. Generals negotiate foreign deals not to defend against India, but to keep tabs on whether a Pakistani student is criticising them on Twitter. After a corruption exposé, journalists find their WhatsApp contacts interrogated, families shadowed, and careers destroyed. This isn’t governance. It’s digital feudalism—landlords in khaki, peasants online.

The Army’s Surveillance Economy

WMS and LIMS are more than control—they’re lucrative business models. Foreign Partners in Crime - German, French, Emirati, Canadian, and American companies profit while Pakistanis pay in rupees and rights. Army-linked firms like Inbox Technologies act as conduits, ensuring kickbacks for the generals. Surveillance contracts are just another “Fauji business,” no different from their sugar mills or cement factories—except this one steals dignity, not just money. The khaki empire now sells oppression as a commodity.

Shrinking Civil Space

Pakistan’s civic life is under siege—not by outsiders, but by the very Army sworn to protect it. Publishing a story can mean surveillance of your entire family. Student activism is tracked digitally, with dissent flagged before it even leaves WhatsApp groups. Citizens self-censor before the Army even acts. Fear has been internalised. In Pakistan today, free speech isn’t banned—it’s pre-cancelled by fear of khaki eyes.

Pakistan’s Digital Dystopia

Funded by the poor, run by the rich, weaponised by generals. Four million citizens can be simultaneously monitored, without warrants. Every rupee stolen for WMS/LIMS is one less for bread, jobs, or hospitals. Pakistan is not a republic. It is a military holding company, where 240 million are unpaid employees.

Conclusion

The Pakistani Army is not a shield—it is a parasite. By turning surveillance into both a weapon and a revenue stream, it has built a digital prison where citizens are inmates and generals are wardens. The tragedy is simple! Pakistanis are not defended by their Army—they are defended against by their Army. And every call tapped, every message read, every site blocked is a reminder that the khaki elite fears its own people more than any external enemy. Pakistan’s greatest “national security threat” is not terrorism, not India, not the West. It is the Army itself—a predator in uniform feeding on the very nation it claims to protect.