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Originally Posted by BabarRehmanShah
our military needs are consuming 90% of the overall budget.
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Its just a myth brother
1.In budget 2013-14 largest allocation is to the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) and debt sevicing with each getting 30% of total alllocations.
2. defence allocation was 15.74%
3. It means more than 84% of allocation is non defence related
4. GDP spent on defence
2001-02: 4.6% of GDP
2013-14: 2.7% of GDP
so, its decreasing.
5. Pak army's share in budget is around 8%, that is 48% of total defence budget.
6. Pakistan's armed forces are the sixth largest in the world but expenses per soldier are low as compared to other armies.
7. spending per soldier:
USA: $400000 per soldier
INDIA: $25,000 per soldier
Pakistan: $10,000 per soldier
Source: Jahangir world times.