You know what, you have a point that very few Pakistanis will understand.
The nukes were developed because Pakistan could not compare to India in conventional arms. They were developed so that even though Pak won't have a powerful army, but it would have a deterrence which would avoid any misadventure from the Indian side.
But now Pakistan wants a powerful army to complement the nukes.
That itself defeats the purpose of the nukes, doesn't it?
Right now, Pakistan needs to stabalize its economy first. Its in grave danger. This is the time when the developing countries can progress very quickly because there is a world order change going on. Once the change has been made, and China and India are leaders of the world, there will be no opportunities left.
So now is the time when Pak needs to invest in its resources and people, and make something of its economy. For a small country, its much easier to sustain a high growth rate, and Pakistan should be doing 9-11% annually.
Just divert 50% of defense expenditure on education and infra, and you will see things change.
The defense budget you see is not all that goes into defense, its just the money with which purchases are made. The salaries, maintenance, R&D, Nukes, all that budget is hidden. No one knows how much goes into it. It has to be in billions of dollars.
Similarly in India, we are not spending much on nuclear bombs, but more on our economy. Pak is still hell bent on producing more and more nuclear bombs, I don't know why. Pakistan has more bombs than us now. No wonder why the economy is in a mess.
Pakk should develop for another 2 decades, and then try these nukes and all sorts of defense expenditures. They will have enough money, and power too try that then.
