Pak govt APPROVES 6% HIKE in Defense Budget

[Indos]

 

[RescueRanger]

Armed forces need some "fat " cutting

Agreed. 100 percent, if the population is starving and struggling, this expense cannot be allowed to continue unabated.

 

[Dalit]

The question is why the Hike? They havent been engaged in any formal war since decades. Talibans and baloch insurgents are their own breed of failed policies. released butchers of poor Pakistanis like Ihsan ullah Ihsan at their own will. Couldnt provide a proper MRAPs to dying soldiers in Balochistan in their tin dabba Hiaces. This nation is fkn tired of carrying these useless generals on their shoulders who are consistently letting the nation down in almost every crucial times. Kia hm bs shareefo or in garnailo ki ghulami ky lye paida hwe thy?

I am so glad people are waking up.

 

[Falconless]

Defund their golf courses

 

[SoulSpokesman]

@fatman17

Armed forces need some "fat " cutting

Valid point. But where is the fat?

If you reduce jawans at the lower end, you have thousands of militarily trained personnel swelling the ranks of TLP, TTP etc. (Think Freikorps in the 1920s). These are not decisions that can be taken at the spur of the moment. Need to be thought out.

Regards

 

[Dalit]

What you are seeing is due to the shamelessness and greed of your own Pakistani people.

This is your US embassy at work in Pakistan with the help of Bajwa. The Pakistani people aren't stupid. The US, opposition parties and the Pakistani army are involved in this robbery. You are sucking the people of Pakistan dry. All of you.

6% will barely catch up with inflation. Pak faces a difficult strategic situation. Its armed forces need proper funding.

Regards

They don't deserve a dime. The people of Pakistan need this money.

 

[Thrust_Vector998]

Well I came across somebody who wanted to follow the footsteps of his father who was in the Army. So he worked really hard and now he is a Property Dealer

 

[Destranator]

@fatman17

Armed forces need some "fat " cutting

Valid point. But where is the fat?

If you reduce jawans at the lower end, you have thousands of militarily trained personnel swelling the ranks of TLP, TTP etc. (Think Freikorps in the 1920s). These are not decisions that can be taken at the spur of the moment. Need to be thought out.

Regards

Good point. Pakistan can't simply cut loose highly trained servicemen in the middle of an economic crisis.
What they need is reprioritisation of funding. Withdraw all luxuries offered to flag officers and redirect the money towards raising NCO salaries so that they can ride off the crisis and maintain morale.
Independent auditors should audit military affiliated business entities (e.g.- Fauji Foundation businesses) and make sure profits are being maximised and fully redirected towards betterment of NCOs.
Heck, we need such audits all across the government in BD.

 

[Signalian]

Armed forces need some "fat " cutting

Divert instead to defense R&D and military tech

 

[Wood]

What is not realised is that in the subcontinent the bulk of expenditure is on wages and salaries, pension benefits and routine maintenance. Less than 20%- perhaps even lesser amounts are on actual weapons purchases. Cutting def ex means essentially laying off hundreds and thousands of militarily trained personnel. Where do these people go? Just ask yourself.

The GDP growth going forward is about 3% I understand- add to it about 13% inflation- that gives a nominal GDP growth of 16%. A 6% hike in defence budget actually means a reduction in def ex as % of GDP by about 6-7%.

What do the learned Maulanas here say?

@Joe Shearer @Indus Pakistan @niaz @Jango @Wood @Vapnope @waz

Regards

I'm not very informed about these numbers. But in general, it is well known from following Indian news that the largest component of Indian defence budget goes to cutting paychecks and pensions. The capital expense for acquiring new weapons is lesser because of it. GOI seems to be trying to address it by not taking new recruitment during the pandemic years. I hope they slowly trim the forces to make them leaner and meaner.

I wonder if reducing the military manpower will impact the socioeconomic status adversely in regions where the armed forces is an important employer. Someone should study it academically

 

[Mrc]

Pakistani people pay no taxes.none .

I m very social person and I don't know any one who pays what he owes.

Want to drive imported jeeps and want subsidized oil ...

Just saying ...I supported ik and still do...but just don't become blind in ptm propoganda.


The guy opening these threads have pic in his I'd of a person who died of Viagra overdose and declared shaheed by these shame less creatures

 

[Madni Bappa]

we the awaam will fight for our freedom!

What is this "awaam" still waiting for then? It's about 2 months now lmao

I as a Pakistani youth am really disheartened by acts of Pakistan military. There are many nations who didn't side with US or Europe on Ukraine. Openly. I don't get why suddenly Pak generals want to bend over and "service" Amreekan danda? Like a chaprasi?

 

[SoulSpokesman]

@Mrc

The guy opening these threads have pic in his I'd of a person who died of Viagra overdose and declared shaheed by these shame less creatures

Really? How wierd! Who is this gentleman?

Regards

 

[Mrc]

@Mrc

The guy opening these threads have pic in his I'd of a person who died of Viagra overdose and declared shaheed by these shame less creatures

Really? How wierd! Who is this gentleman?

Regards

What bajwa did is regret able but we will maintain a strong military to keep our enemies in check as required by Islam and ordered in Quran . current crisis will pass..

Don't expect subsidized fuel in gas guzzler 10 million rupee SUVs

I don't support the regime change but subsidy provided by Khan was also under political pressure not a sane decision

 

[SoulSpokesman]

@Mrc

Thanks, understood. But who is this guy who died of Viagra overdose.

Regards