Shahbaz Sharif
Islamabad: After the terrorist attack on tourists in Pahalgam, the steps taken by India have worried Pakistan. Both countries stand at the mouth of war. At the same time, there is to be a mock drill of war in India tomorrow. Seeing the preparations for India, Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif entered the tension. In the midst of this tension, he visited the ISI headquarters.
Information given about security situation
Along with Shahbaz Sharif, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Isaac Dar also reached ISI Headquarters. Army Chief Aseem Manir and Prime Minister’s Office officials were also present. According to the Pakistan PMO, the Prime Minister was given detailed information about the current security situation. The Prime Minister was informed about the growing pressure and traditional threats to India on the eastern border. The regional security situation and the changing danger landscape were reported. Information about traditional military measures, hybrid war strategies.
India-Assif can attack anytime near the Line of Control
On the other hand, Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khwaja Asif warned that India could make a military attack at any time along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir. Asif’s statement came at a time when the tension between the two nuclear weapons is at the peak after the Pahalgam terror attack. Asif told reporters here, “There are reports that India can attack any place near the Line of Control.”
Pakistan will increase defense spending by 18 percent: report
On the one hand, Pakistan is under the shadow of war, while Pakistan’s coalition government is preparing to increase the defense spending by 18 percent in the budget to increase more than Rs 2,500 billion. The government is preparing to present the budget of 2025-26 in the first week of June before the new financial year starting from July 1. The tension between India and Pakistan has increased since the terrorist attack on 22 April in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. 26 people were killed in this attack. According to the report of the newspaper ‘Express Tribune’, the party’s delegation led by Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari met Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and his economic team on Monday to discuss budget matters. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)-headed government shared a new budget structure of about Rs 17,500 billion with its leading colleague PPP, which has agreed to increase the defense expenditure by 18 percent.
Decision on increasing stress with India
The newspaper quoted sources as saying that due to recently increased tension with India, it has been agreed to increase the defense budget between PML-N and PPP. He said that in view of the current security threats, the PPP supported the proposal to increase the defense budget by 18 percent to more than Rs 2,500 billion. In the current financial year (2024-25), the government allocated Rs 2,122 billion for defense spending, which is 14.98 percent more than Rs 1,804 billion placed in the budget for the previous financial year (2023-24). The second largest component of the annual expenditure is the cost of the defense sector after the loan payment. In the current year, Rs 9,700 billion allocated for loan payment is the country’s largest expenditure.
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