Tag: defence budget

NA unanimously passes defence budget

--Demand of Grants approved for Power Division and Petroleum Division --Ruckus mars budget session as Shehbaz calls Imran ‘selected’ premier --Omar Ayub criticises previous govts for...

India named one of the top five military spenders

-SIPRI report says India has region's second-largest defence budget after China NEW DELHI: India is one of the world’s five biggest military spenders with a defence...

Defence budget increased to Rs 1100bn in 2018

ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Friday increased the defence budget of Rs 1,100 billion as compared to the revised budget of Rs 999 billion in...

China says hopes US defence spending maintains global peace, stability 

BEIJING: The China’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday said it hoped the US defence spending would be beneficial to maintaining global peace and stability after...

Defence budget increase maintained as security improves

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar informed parliament in his annual budget address that the armed forces would be provided Rs 860 billion ($8.6 billion) during the 2016-17 financial year.