Pakistan army trades tanks for tractors in food-security push

Sprawling military-run farms stoke backlash over armed forces' pervasive presence

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Soldiers patrol a corporate farming project in Pakistan's Punjab province on July 23 (EPA)

MIFRAH HAQ, Contributing writer

KARACHI -- Pakistan's army is taking over vast swaths of government-owned land to grow food but the moves are fanning concerns about the powerful military's pervasive presence in a country facing economic collapse.

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