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Actual Defence Spending Rs 1113 billion
ill logic:
1- In the article of
Express Tribune pension of retired personal from armed forces is included,
but as a standard practice 'pension of any retired employee of the federal Government is accounted separately' from the budget of that department/ organization fall under the supervision of Federal government
this separate accounting is not exclusive with the defence budget only. (read:Chapter-5 Current Expenditure 2014-15, Table-15, page 22
Federal Budget 2014-2015 in Brief Ministry of Finance Government of Pakistan)
BTW after the retirement from Arm forces 'they become civilian' ......
2- US Department of Defense has not demanded or notified to Congress which is required under SEC.
1233e-1 of REIMBURSEMENT OF CERTAIN COALITION NATIONS FOR SUPPORT PROVIDED TO UNITED STATES MILITARY OPERATIONS for any CSF reimbursement to Pakistan as of yet, nor Pakistan has included any such funds in its budgetary appropriation of
federal receipt 2014-15, moreover CSF is the reimbursement of Pakistans's expences for its support of US military operations in Afghanistan which will end in 2014, so no funding is expected.
3- As far as Contingent liability is concern it is used to write off Loans not necessarily for defence sector read Sttical Suplements of 2012-13 & 2013-14 for further detail
(Current Expentiture, Chapter-10, 35- Subsidies and Misclanious Exp) so it the author need to clarify how is he assuming that all these Contingent liability fund will be used for Defence related exp .... ??
