How Futile Expenditure by Pakistan on Defence is Ruining the Country

It is expected to be necessary to prepare an additional state budget this year, because the current state budget does not take into account the much larger increase in defense spending planned for this year.

The Ministry of Defence is finalizing a battery of weapons programs to be launched in the coming months with the objective of achieving 2% of GDP (gross domestic product) in military spending in the immediate future, according to government sources. These are technological projects in areas such as communications, command and control systems or new generation aircraft and combat vehicles, in which Spanish companies will have a relevant participa…

How Futile Expenditure by Pakistan on Defence is Ruining the Country

According to sources, Pakistan is likely to increase its defence budget by Rs159 billion for the 2025–26 financial year, bringing the total to Rs2,281 billion. The defence budget has been increased while the Pakistani government is cutting funds for health, education, and infrastructure. This would be a 7.5% hike compared to this year’s budget of Rs2,122 billion for 2024–25. To put it in perspective, last year (2023–24), the defence budget was R…