Pakistan Increasing Its Defense Budget By Rs (Rupees) 110 Million (20% Increase)

From Jihad Watch:

Pakistan increasing military budget by 110 billion rupees


What for? "Govt projects Rs 110bn increase in defence budget," by Sajid Chaudhry for the Daily Times, September 23 (thanks to G.S.):



ISLAMABAD: The government has projected an increase of Rs 110 billion in the defence budget and informed the International Monetary Fund that according to the post-flood situation, the defence budget will be Rs 552 billion against the budgetary allocation of Rs 442 billion for the ongoing fiscal year 2010-11.

This increase in the defence budget has been projected by the government at a time when development and non-development budgets of the civil government are being slashed by 50 percent and 20 percent respectively to create fiscal space for the rehabilitation of the flood-affected population....



Posted by Robert on September 22, 2010 10:43 PM