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Military Budget Of Pakistan
The military budget of Pakistan () is a part of the federal discretionary budget, allocated to the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Defence Production. The budget covers the salaries, training, and healthcare of both uniformed and civilian personnel, maintains military arms, equipment, and facilities, supports operations, and funds the acquisition and development of new arms and equipment. As of 2024, Pakistan’s defense budget is 1.7 percent of its GDP. This represents a decrease compared to previous years, with the defense spending in 2022-23 being around 2% of the country’s GDP. Despite facing economic challenges, Pakistan continues to allocate a substantial portion of its budget to defense. Military budgets Pakistan's defence expenditure has seen fluctuations over the years. The military budget of Pakistan as the percentage of total budget from 1971 to 2022 is given below: Criticism The high defense spending has sparked debates about its impact on Pakistan’s soc ...
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Ministry Of Defence (Pakistan)
The Ministry of Defence (, abbreviated as MoD) is a ministry of the federal Government of Pakistan, tasked in defending national interests and territorial integrity of Pakistan. The MoD oversees mission execution of its policies and supervises all agencies of the government directly related to the national security and the Pakistan Armed Forces. The existence and functions of the ministry are statutorily defined in ''Part XII, Chapter II'' of the Constitution of Pakistan with Minister of Defence being its head who reports directly to Prime Minister of Pakistan. The responsibilities for procurement, production and disposal of equipment were transferred in 2004 to the Ministry of Defence Production. The Ministry of Defence is one of the largest federal ministries of the Government of Pakistan in terms of budget as well as staff. History The Ministry of Defence (Urdu: وزارت دفاع; ''Transliteration'': ''Wazarat-e-Difa'') was created on 14 August 1947 from the partiti ...
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Ministry Of Defence Production (Pakistan)
The Ministry of Defence Production (; ''Trans.'': ''Wazarat-e-Defai Padawar'') abbreviated as MoDP, is an executive ministry of the federal Government of Pakistan with objectives of development and production of ordnance and machinery for the Pakistan Armed Forces. Established as a separate ministry from its parent agency, Ministry of Defence in 2004, the MoDP oversees the development of conventional military weapons system through its separately funded organizations. Organizational structure The Ministry of Defence Production is headed by Minister of Defence Production who is an elected member of parliament. The minister of defense production is assisted by the secretary of defense production—a usually a military officer. The MoDP is located in the vicinity of Ministry of Defense in Rawalpindi. The ministry's bureaucracy is split into three wings, administration, projects, and foreign collaboration, each overseen by an assistant secretary. History The Ministry of Defen ...
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Healthcare
Health care, or healthcare, is the improvement or maintenance of health via the preventive healthcare, prevention, diagnosis, therapy, treatment, wikt:amelioration, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other disability, physical and mental impairments in people. Health care is delivered by health professionals and allied health professions, allied health fields. Medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, midwifery, nursing, optometry, audiology, psychology, occupational therapy, physical therapy, athletic training, and other health professions all constitute health care. The term includes work done in providing primary care, wikt:secondary care, secondary care, tertiary care, and public health. Access to health care may vary across countries, communities, and individuals, influenced by social and economic conditions and health policy, health policies. Providing health care services means "the timely use of personal health services to achieve the best possible health outcom ...
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Economy Of Pakistan
The economy of Pakistan is categorized as a developing economy. It ranks as the List of countries by GDP (PPP), 26th-largest based on GDP using purchasing power parity (PPP) and the List of countries by GDP (nominal), 44th largest in terms of nominal GDP. With a population of 254.4 million people as of 2024, Pakistan's position at per capita income ranks List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita, 155th by GDP (nominal) and List of countries by GDP per capita (PPP), 141st by GDP (PPP) according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In its early years, Pakistan's economy relied heavily on private industries. The nationalization of a significant portion of the sector, including financial services, manufacturing, and transportation, began in the early 1970s under Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. During Zia-ul Haq's regime in the 1980s, an "Islamic" economy was adopted, outlawing economic practices forbidden in Sharīʿah and mandating traditional religious practices. The economy start ...
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2022–23 Pakistan Federal Budget
The 2022–23 Federal Budget of Pakistan was presented on 10 June 2022 by Finance Minister Miftah Ismail, with Rs 9.5 trillion budgeted for expenditure in financial year 2022–2023, which was nearly a trillion higher than the previous financial year. On 29 June 2022, the National Assembly of Pakistan approved the passage of the Finance Bill, 2022. In February 2023, Pakistani cabinet approved 'Finance Supplementary Bill 2023' for Mini Budget. The budget for FY2022-23 aimed to raise Rs. 7 trillion ($34.6 billion) in tax revenue, raise Rs. 372 billion ($1.8 billion) from Sukuk and Eurobonds, target a primary surplus of 0.2% of GDP, target a fiscal deficit of 49% of GDP and meet IMF benchmarks. Budgetary Policies (Excluding overlapping mentions) ''Dawn'' reported the following budget measures: * Pensioner tax reduced from 10% to 5% * Subsidies on sugar, wheat, and flour * Rs699bn on targeted subsidies in fiscal year * Defence expenditure at Rs1.52tr * Inflation forecast ...
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Military Budget Of India
A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. Militaries are typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with their members identifiable by a distinct military uniform. They may consist of one or more military branches such as an army, navy, air force, space force, marines, or coast guard. The main task of a military is usually defined as defence of their state and its interests against external armed threats. In broad usage, the terms "armed forces" and "military" are often synonymous, although in technical usage a distinction is sometimes made in which a country's armed forces may include other paramilitary forces such as armed police. Beyond warfare, the military may be employed in additional sanctioned and non-sanctioned functions within the state, including internal security threats, crowd control, promotion of political agendas, emergency services and reconstruction, prot ...
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Military Of Pakistan
The Pakistan Armed Forces (; ) are the Military, military forces of Pakistan. It is the List of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel, world's sixth-largest military measured by Active duty, active military personnel and consists of three uniformed services—the Pakistan Army, Army, Pakistan Navy, Navy, and the Pakistan Air Force, Air Force, which are backed by several paramilitary forces such as the Pakistan National Guard, National Guard and the Civil Armed Forces. A critical component to the armed forces' structure is the Strategic Plans Division Force, which is responsible for the maintenance and safeguarding of Pakistan's Tactical nuclear weapon, tactical and Strategic nuclear weapon, strategic Pakistan and weapons of mass destruction, nuclear weapons stockpile and assets. The president of Pakistan is the commander-in-chief of the Pakistan Armed Forces and the Command hierarchy, chain of command is organized under the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Com ...
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Government Finances In Pakistan
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a means by which organizational policies are enforced, as well as a mechanism for determining policy. In many countries, the government has a kind of constitution, a statement of its governing principles and philosophy. While all types of organizations have governance, the term ''government'' is often used more specifically to refer to the approximately 200 independent national governments and subsidiary organizations. The main types of modern political systems recognized are democracies, totalitarian regimes, and, sitting between these two, authoritarian regimes with a variety of hybrid regimes. Modern classification systems also include monarchies as a standalone entity or as a hybrid system of the main three. Historically prevalent forms ...
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Military Economics
A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. Militaries are typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with their members identifiable by a distinct military uniform. They may consist of one or more military branches such as an army, navy, air force, space force, marines, or coast guard. The main task of a military is usually defined as defence of their state and its interests against external armed threats. In broad usage, the terms "armed forces" and "military" are often synonymous, although in technical usage a distinction is sometimes made in which a country's armed forces may include other paramilitary forces such as armed police. Beyond warfare, the military may be employed in additional sanctioned and non-sanctioned functions within the state, including internal security threats, crowd control, promotion of political agendas, emergency services and reconstruction ...
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