Defence Allocations Now for the defence budget. The allocation of PKR 2.55 trillion, a jump of 20%, is the highest in a decade, at 1.97% of GDP. Its share of the federal outlay has risen to 14.51% ...

Islamabad, whose air force primarily operates Chinese-made jets and U.S. F-16s, has previously denied that India downed any ...

All of these finances go to pay for Pakistan’s 1,704,000 total military personnel, which is composed of 654,000 active personnel, 550,000 reserves, and 500,000 paramilitary forces.

Pakistan’s new defense budget hike includes even greater purchases of Chinese arms: Following May’s clash with India, Pakistan announced on June 10 that it would increase its defense budget by ...