Pakistan Defence Budget

Cash-strapped Pakistan on Friday hiked defence spending by 15.5 per cent and allocated over Rs 1.8 trillion, as the government unveiled a Rs 14.4 trillion budget for 2023-24 as it battled to fend off a looming default due to shrinking foreign reserve

The capital budget of the Indian Army should be increased to facilitate enhancing its deterrent capacity to ward off challenges from the two "hostile" neighbours, a parliamentary panel said on Tuesday in an apparent reference to Pakistan and China.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh makes a statement in Rajya Sabha on the "Inadvertent firing of Missile" that landed in Pakistan last week.

Budget 2021: China and Pakistan are likely to prompt more money allocation for the defence forces for the second straight year

In an unprecedented voluntary move, Pakistan's military has decided to cut its defence budget for the next fiscal year amid an austerity drive launched by the government to help solve the cash-strapped nation's economic problems.

Amidst tensions in bilateral ties, the US Congress has passed a defence spending bill capping its security-related aid to Pakistan at $150 million, significantly below the historic level of more than $1 billion per year.

US President Donald Trump wants to convert American grant to Pakistan for purchase of military hardware into a loan, the White House has said. Mr Trump in his annual budget to the Congress proposed the grant conversion, it said.

US President Barack Obama has signed into law the US $618 billion defence budget for 2017, which enhances security cooperation with India and conditions nearly half of the funding to Pakistan on a certification that it is taking demonstrable steps against the Haqqani Network and other terror groups.

Pakistan today said it would boost its defence spending by about 10 per cent, from Rs 627 billion to Rs 700 billion.

Pakistan defence ministry has sought more allocation for its armed forces for acquisition and mobilisation of new weapon system, ahead of the next budget that will be announced in the first week of June.

Pakistan today increased the defence allocation in its fiscal 2012-13 budget to Rs 545 billion (about USD 5.82 billion), marking an increase of 10 per cent over the outlay for the current fiscal.

A report by the standing Committee on Defence, which was tabled in the Lok Sabha today, said there is an urgent need to build defence capabilities to face any challenge including a "two-front war". The report, which said that India's defence expenditure was lowest compared to countries like China and Pakistan in terms of GDP, highlighted huge gaps ...

The Pakistan government has hiked the allocation for defence in its budget for fiscal 2011-12 to Rs 495 billion (about US $5.75 billion), marking an increase of nearly 12 per cent over the outlay for the current fiscal.Official budget documents presented in Parliament said defence spending will increase to Rs 495 billion for 2011-12, compared with ...

Pakistan is looking to purchase more used F-16 fighter aircraft from the US to scale up its air capabilities "because of the disparity with India", media reports here said on Thursday."We will take as many as they (the US) are willing to give," a diplomatic source told the Dawn in Washington.The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a multi-role fighter aircraft...

Home Minister P Chidambaram said on Saturday that earmarking Rs 1,47,000 crore for India's defence budget was "absolutely necessary and inevitable" as neighbours like Pakistan did not have a friendly attitude towards the country.

Cash-strapped Pakistan on Friday hiked defence spending by 15.5 per cent and allocated over Rs 1.8 trillion, as the government unveiled a Rs 14.4 trillion budget for 2023-24 as it battled to fend off a looming default due to shrinking foreign reserve

The capital budget of the Indian Army should be increased to facilitate enhancing its deterrent capacity to ward off challenges from the two "hostile" neighbours, a parliamentary panel said on Tuesday in an apparent reference to Pakistan and China.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh makes a statement in Rajya Sabha on the "Inadvertent firing of Missile" that landed in Pakistan last week.

Budget 2021: China and Pakistan are likely to prompt more money allocation for the defence forces for the second straight year

In an unprecedented voluntary move, Pakistan's military has decided to cut its defence budget for the next fiscal year amid an austerity drive launched by the government to help solve the cash-strapped nation's economic problems.

Amidst tensions in bilateral ties, the US Congress has passed a defence spending bill capping its security-related aid to Pakistan at $150 million, significantly below the historic level of more than $1 billion per year.

US President Donald Trump wants to convert American grant to Pakistan for purchase of military hardware into a loan, the White House has said. Mr Trump in his annual budget to the Congress proposed the grant conversion, it said.

US President Barack Obama has signed into law the US $618 billion defence budget for 2017, which enhances security cooperation with India and conditions nearly half of the funding to Pakistan on a certification that it is taking demonstrable steps against the Haqqani Network and other terror groups.

Pakistan today said it would boost its defence spending by about 10 per cent, from Rs 627 billion to Rs 700 billion.

Pakistan defence ministry has sought more allocation for its armed forces for acquisition and mobilisation of new weapon system, ahead of the next budget that will be announced in the first week of June.

Pakistan today increased the defence allocation in its fiscal 2012-13 budget to Rs 545 billion (about USD 5.82 billion), marking an increase of 10 per cent over the outlay for the current fiscal.

A report by the standing Committee on Defence, which was tabled in the Lok Sabha today, said there is an urgent need to build defence capabilities to face any challenge including a "two-front war". The report, which said that India's defence expenditure was lowest compared to countries like China and Pakistan in terms of GDP, highlighted huge gaps ...

The Pakistan government has hiked the allocation for defence in its budget for fiscal 2011-12 to Rs 495 billion (about US $5.75 billion), marking an increase of nearly 12 per cent over the outlay for the current fiscal.Official budget documents presented in Parliament said defence spending will increase to Rs 495 billion for 2011-12, compared with ...

Pakistan is looking to purchase more used F-16 fighter aircraft from the US to scale up its air capabilities "because of the disparity with India", media reports here said on Thursday."We will take as many as they (the US) are willing to give," a diplomatic source told the Dawn in Washington.The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a multi-role fighter aircraft...

Home Minister P Chidambaram said on Saturday that earmarking Rs 1,47,000 crore for India's defence budget was "absolutely necessary and inevitable" as neighbours like Pakistan did not have a friendly attitude towards the country.