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Pakistan defends 20% defense budget hike, cites need to counter India’s ‘war craze’

  • Pakistan’s FY2025–26 budget has allocated Rs2.1 trillion ($7.5 billion) to defense, up from Rs1.8 trillion last year
  • Increase comes weeks after brief but intense military flare-up in May with India, triggered by a militant attack 
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Pakistan to hike defense spending in FY26 budget to counter India’s ‘hegemonistic designs’ — minister

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Pakistani top minister hints at increasing defense budget weeks after military standoff with India

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Haider tank, Shahpar fighter drone in spotlight as Pakistan’s top defense expo concludes 

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Pakistan’s defense budget expected to increase by six percent amid rising inflation — media

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