Pakistan Military Budget

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.

India has millions of military personnel, billions of dollars in arms spending and grave threats on its borders, yet the nation doesn't make its own fighter jets and anti-tank missiles. Is that a massive opportunity for investors? Not so fast.

US President Donald Trump today unveiled a USD 4 trillion annual budget for the fiscal 2019 beginning October 1, proposing USD 256 million in civilian assistance and USD 80 million in military aid to Pakistan.

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 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.

The US assistance to Pakistan has helped in reducing the conditions that foment extremism in the country, the US Secretary of State John Kerry said as the state department in its annual budget sought 1.3 billion dollars in economic and military assistance for the South Asian nation.

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...

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.

India has millions of military personnel, billions of dollars in arms spending and grave threats on its borders, yet the nation doesn't make its own fighter jets and anti-tank missiles. Is that a massive opportunity for investors? Not so fast.

US President Donald Trump today unveiled a USD 4 trillion annual budget for the fiscal 2019 beginning October 1, proposing USD 256 million in civilian assistance and USD 80 million in military aid to Pakistan.

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 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.

The US assistance to Pakistan has helped in reducing the conditions that foment extremism in the country, the US Secretary of State John Kerry said as the state department in its annual budget sought 1.3 billion dollars in economic and military assistance for the South Asian nation.

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...