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As of 2024, Pakistan’s defense budget is 1.7 percent of its GDP. [4] This represents a decrease compared to previous years, with the defense spending in 2022-23 being around 2% of the country’s GDP. [5] Despite facing economic challenges, Pakistan continues to allocate a substantial portion of its budget to defense. [6]
The budget included funding for a number of development initiatives to increase the nation's economic growth rate. The original outlays for the PDSP being estimated at Rs. 2.66 trillion for the development programme, which included a Rs 950 billion federal Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP), that was approved by the Annual Plan Coordination Committee (APCC). [5]
The 2024–25 Pakistan Federal Budget is a financial statement of the government's estimated receipts and expenditures for the fiscal year that runs from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] On 12 June 2024, finance minister Muhammad Aurangzeb presented the federal budget with a total outlay of Rs18.877 trillion. [ 3 ]
Pakistan’s new coalition government presented its first budget in parliament on Wednesday, promising an increase of up to 25% in the salaries of government employees and setting an ambitious tax ...
Majority of this increase in debt was in domestic debt in which external debt of Pakistan increased by 22 percent, from US$42.8 billion in 2008 to US$52.4 billion in 2013. [2] PPP government was dependent on domestic and International lending to meet the needs of the government expenditures. [2]
The following lists are of countries by military spending as a share of GDP—more specifically, a list of the 15 countries with the highest share in recent years. The first list uses the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute as a source, while the second list gets its data from the International Institute for Strategic Studies .
In February 2023, Pakistani cabinet approved 'Finance Supplementary Bill 2023' for Mini Budget. [4] 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 ...
The fiscal year starts Oct. 1, and in the first month the Treasury shelled out $88.9 billion in interest on its debt securities, while the Department of Defense spend $83.4 billion on military ...