AG, guud to see you again,where have you been?AG see, there was a time when the soldiers would wear 'sooti' cloth uniform and the officers would wear 'raishmi'. Only soldiers who could afford or the senior NCOs/JCOs would purchase the raishmi cloth, rest all would stick to the sarkari issued uniform. The result, well you could tell apart an officer and soldier by their uniforms.Then came the camo, it didnt change much, officers would buy the cloth and men would b issued readymade unis. The difference in quality, cloth and stiching waa quite large.Then the sarkari issue to men was stopped, they would get paid instead. Officer were purchasing cloth already, now the men could also do it. Now i would buy the cloth from CSD, you would do it from Janjua tailors, others would do it from the local market - all of these would have a different shade. We tried but couldnt prevent it, do numbri everywhere. Also the stiching was varied. The janjua, unit tailor or the local tailor, all would just try to make the uniform right, none were successful though.Now, the same cloth and the same standard of stich for everyone. Today the recruit in the unit wears exactly the same uniform that Gen Kiyani does.As for the cost, well new uniforms are implemented in phases allowing for the expiry of old uniform's life. You know what i mean?