Develop Institutions such as independent judiciary, Central Reserve Bank, police reforms etc. Considering its size, Pakistan real GDP should have been 650 Billions US$ and real military spending should be 16 Billions US$. Bravo.

What do you expect when you have enemy neighbours, @Rizwan, they don’t include paramilitary or BSF in their defence budget, @raj, shooting two indian jets and India shooting its own helicopter proved Pakistan’s parity equation is working, @RAja Raman, with modi in power - maybe it would have been better the other way round - would have saved two Indian jets at the very least. As far as American prospective, 700 billion dollars is not a big amount (comparing to what they are getting in return). Focus on Health care, potable water Gordan F. Walker Last month the federal government of Pakistan announced its annual budget 2020-21 according to which Rs.1, 289 billion has been allotted to the defence sector. What %tage if its GDP does Pakistan spends on Health, Welfare and Education. 700 billion dollars = 700 billion pieces of paper. Palestine doesn't spend a penny on military. @Ghazanfar Ali, And how will you increase GDP in a short frame of time? Next year increase by at least 20 %, the year after 30%, then 40% 50%. Canada. He stated that in the financial year 2001-02, 20 years ago, the allocation for defence amounted 4.6pc of the GDP, whereas budget 2020-21 has allocated Rs1,289 billion which is 2.86pc of GDP. Despite the increase from last year, India's military burden was the lowest since the 1960s and made up for 2.4pc of its GDP. A short sighted policy of increasing burden will cripple the economy. the expenditure with regard to % of their GDPs is what one should look at .... India lowered its ratio despite increase is due to a economy on a fast track mode...for Pakistan it is the opposite. As a percentage of GDP, India has easily one of the lowest military expenditures.

All most all countries do business with American dollars fearing from American military and America federal reserves print these dollars as per their wish. Greater the economy larger you may spend on defense, best example is China, 250 billions(less than 2%) are peanuts seeing size of their economy. @Pure ind, spending $66 billion on arms is money spent wisely? Explains all. Despite the increase from last year, India's military burden was the lowest since the 1960s and made up for 2.4pc of its GDP. The world rightly ignores complaints of Islamophobia from a country that mistreats its religious minorities. @Raheel, what would happen if there were no enemies? I think both countries should concentrate on making life better for their poor don’t you? 2. They lost half the country in 1971 and in 1999 they had to go to Clinton and do a Monica to save their behinds. Proud that we are in the top 20 militaries of the world. Well staged external threats to justify huge defense budget, bringing the nation to its knees. THE story of the protesting farmers of Punjab takes on an even more depressing tone as news of the possible... Pakistan among top 20 military spending countries in 2018: Sipri report, Budget 2018-19: Rs1.1 trillion proposed for defence, No axe to fall on defence budget, decides cabinet, China raises defence spending by 7.5 percent, ’اب کیا فائدہ، جو نقصان ہونا تھا وہ تو ہوگیا‘, موسم سرد ہو یا گرم، کیا کورونا کے لیے اس کی اہمیت ہے؟, یہ امریکا ہے جناب، یہاں انتخابات میں بریانی نہیں سینڈوچ ملا کرتے ہیں, US removes shadowy group condemned by China from terror list, Half of Punjab to get health coverage by year-end, pledges PM Imran, US Supreme Court denies immediate halt of Pennsylvania count, 'We're going to win this race': Biden predicts victory as his lead over Trump grows, Health programme to cover whole province by Jan next: KP CM, British-American mountaineer meets army chief, What Salman Ahmad thinks about Arjit Singh's version of Sayonee, Johnny Depp asked to resign from Fantastic Beasts franchise following domestic violence case, Desi Twitter trolls America during election frenzy, Bilawal says was ‘shocked’ by Nawaz’s address at PDM’s Gujranwala rally, Donor-funded power projects stalled, turning into ‘white elephants’, 'Baseless and fallacious': Pakistan responds to Indian claims on Kartarpur Corridor, US networks break from live Trump address due to 'lies', 'What a spectacle! @Gaz, For the three you have mentioned (Libya, Syria and Iraq) I can name 50 whose spending is low on military but high on development, and they are doing just fine. We are under attack from multiple proxies, again including proxies funded by India, Afghanistan and NDS. Despite the increase from last year, India's military burden was the lowest since the 1960s and made up for 2.4pc of its GDP... Good job India. Pragmatic and defensive. Perhaps Pakistan position is even worse than India in this particular statics. No wonder, it is going to IMF and other countries such as Saudi, UAE, ectc., asking for money. Pakistan was 2018's 20th biggest military spender in the world with an expenditure of $11.4 billion, a report published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) said..

The global average is 2.18 percent. @zunaid, India, Remaining is just pension. These five countries accounted for 60pc of the global military spending. Show our priority, Completely worth it. Like Pakistan's hidden cash economy, the military burden of the country is also largely hidden, it is at least five times what is reported, since the military controls almost half the formal economy and possibly 75% of the informal one.