The Calculus Of War And Peace In Pakistan Fouad Hafeez by Fouad Hafeez instant download after payment.

Of late, there has been a good deal of discussion over defence spending in Pakistan. In all honesty, this is something that has become a bit of a recurring feature in the months of June/July; when budget announcements, debating these announcements to death by both the treasury and opposition benches, the painting of various scenarios by analysts, and number- crunching exercises by economists, reaches fever-pitch.
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At the same time, without getting into an exercise in trying to myth-bust, or number-fudge, it would suffice to point out that measured up against India – with whom we share a 3000+ kilometre border, that has been called “the most dangerous in the world” by Foreign Policy magazine – we err on the wrong side of proportion. India’s current defence budget stands at approximately $71 Billion; which is around $5 Billion more than Pakistan’s total budgetary outlay of $66 Billion. 5 In comparison, Pakistan’s defence budget stands at around $4 Billion.