Public sentiment is predominantly negative regarding the 20% increase in Pakistan's defense budget, with many commentators expressing concern about the misallocation of resources at a time when economic instability and basic human needs are critically underserved. While some defend the increase due to regional tensions, the broader sentiment highlights frustration with the prioritization of military spending over urgent domestic issues such as poverty, education, and food security.

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I’m curious; if you’re not safe with 170, why would you be safe with 200? Are these just arbitrary numbers

bbpour

Yep, more nuclear weapons. That’s definitely what the world needs.

lukomorya

NotAnUncle

The country is hijacked by their military. Their most popular civilian leader is in jail. The people cannot feed themselves but the Messiah complex of the military has made the country a ticking bomb. I wonder why the democracy loving west does something about it?

arslan70

In most democratic countries, armies are under command of the Prime Minister or President, however Pakistan army functions independently outside the govt regardless of what their law says and their army runs businesses too like a private organisation. Their retired army officers head almost every other govt organisation. The people from govt can't do shit about them and if they speak against the Pakistan army they won't survive for long. There is no surprise that none of their elected prime ministers completed their full term since 1947. [Link](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2022/4/9/factbox-no-pakistani-prime-minister-has-completed-a-full-tenure)

al_monk

A bankrupt nation with a conqueror's ambition doesn't bode well

TheDaemonair

With failing infrastructure due to flooding, failing economy but more nukes.

Why are they getting bailed out again?

This was the 23rd time they went to the IMF to beg, maybe 24th time will be the charm. I mean they're at this point a vassle state for china. Maybe china should bail them out.

TheDrDeX

What is it with poor countries putting Nukes before food and modernisation

MattMBerkshire

If they fired all of the 200 nukes into India, the nuclear fallout would wipe out Pakistan too.

pqratusa

Pakistan is that one relative you got that suffers from chronic bad life choices.

lesstalkmorescience

Thank you USA for supporting and financing all those nuclear war heads also a special thank you for China, and other monetary world governing bodies who are helping this failed state.

ronakgoel

Pakistan is a model for why you shouldn't have nuclear weapons.

A-Human-Virus

Fu&amp;king Chinese supplied them Nuclear tech in the first place..

YouStylish1

They are on the verge of becoming a failed state

Some-Ad9778

The Taliban are in Pakistan too. If they get hold of a nuke launch site the world is fucked

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/who-are-pakistan-taliban-2023-02-17/

throughthehills2

So we can stop the humanitarian aid then?

IlMioNomeENessuno

What if they accidentally blow themselves up. The leaders probably run so fast leaving the country in shambles

Geminispace

200 is WAAYYYY less. Build 20,000 by 2025 and starve.

Rand8Master

The country has gone to the shits, petrol prices are sky high, food prices are reaching the moon and this is there main priority. Sad to see, especially now with the army running the show you can guess where finances will be diverted to.

msiddiq26

Wait, isn't Pakistan [bankrupt](https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/pakistan-budgeting-for-a-bankrupt-economy-broken-polity/)?

YouDoLoveMe

No food to feed the poor, but we have Nuclear weapons. We can’t build, but we can destroy, and very proud of it. 
The country needs to overthrow these fools, bent on killing everyone.

FelterOfFluff

How do these financially and morally bankrupt countries find the will and funds to do such things?

baddimagane

Judging by the current cricket team’s performance I’d put Pakistan on the “might nuke someone” list.

R_W0bz

What can you do with 200 that you can’t with 170?

raresaturn

I'll never understand why Americans keep supporting Pakistan and its army. They hid Osama Bin Laden, double crossed the US while supporting Taliban, overthrew elected PM, and continued harming innocent civilians like in May 9 protest. Hell, they are the reason North Korea had nukes.

InnerBlackberry8333

Has nuclear bombs, can't secure it's own territory. What a shit hole of a country.

nukeyocouch

Disastrous_Pride5119

Yeah, that's definitely what a starving country needs. More nukes...

Mrstrawberry209

I’ve blocked this Reddit but still see it appear on my feed. Why?

ustechnerds

Fuck these guys. Topple their shit country

More power to them, there's this quote by one of their ex PM that they would eat grass but maintain parity with India on weapon's front. I wish them best of luck with exactly that.

cfc19

Frankly Pakistan needs to be sanctioned  to hell since they shouldn't be allowed one nuke. The country isn't stable and will probably fail in years to come so allowing them nukes is a very stupid idea.

Owlthinkofaname

pakistan was carved out of the raj.  this animosity today exists between of religion

ants_in_my_ass

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are working together on nukes. In fact Saudi has already purchased some of Pakistan’s nukes. The problem is transporting them. We’ll find out more when Jack Smith is finished.

PolishBob1811

Pakistan you don’t need nukes. If a nation wanted to attack you they could just wait for the next flood and then send you an insulting meme

nunsigoi

Comments are exactly what you’d expect 🤣

ChiBulls

Well that's money well spent Pakistan. I'm sure thebpeople will benefit greatly.

DownwardSpiral5609

This country is so messed up. 

I'm so glad I'm really far away from it

Dietmeister

Lol..same country which siphoned billions of $$ in the name of fight against terrorism while hiding Osama Laden next to its major army base. The way US and allies having blind eye for Pakistan, it would be fun to watch when these  nukes will be supplied  to a islamic terrorist group that will come and bites US's ass one day.

ikonos2

This shouldn’t be surprising, Pakistan and India’s Cold War is very bitter and very much ongoing. Pakistan’s radical Islamist military government focusing on increasing its nuclear stockpile is very much in character

Zhou-Enlai

I don't understand why any country is still building nuclear weapons.  No one will every use them, so they are just a waste of resources.  I include the USA and Russia in this list.  Countries are basically burning money to be able to claim they have a big gun.  

We (humanity) need to stop spending resources on useless military equipment and put those resources towards improving the world.  Clean water, food, clean air, and shelter for all should be the priority of governments in this age.

SpeedyHAM79

And by 2025, the whole country is either underwater or has been destroyed by earthquakes. 
Nothing to see here; move along please

Iagolferguy58

That is a lot compare to like China which the west somehow believe only have 250 nuclear warheads

spin-city1888

Tall-Ad-1386

Why? what is the point in wasting so much money and time making more. No one is going to use them...ever...cuz if one person/country does...others fire back in retaliation and then everyone else does...no one wins...you destroy the world...maybe you get pockets of people over the planet that survive but the majority is gone and the world wouldn't be somewhere you'd want to live after all that. So why build more of something you will never use.

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Yes, job creation and exports were also a lot better. If the GDP growth of his last years remained, Our GDP would be over $400 Billion

TitanMaps

chalo ap btao.. us akele bndy ne aisa kia kiya jo hmari growth 6, 5.9 thi? any major changes you saw in our policies or anything? tell me one thing he did?  Kia wo akela bureaucracy, defence, internal or foreign ko dekh rha tha ya ik **system** kaam kr rha tha. agr to system tha to wo abhi bhi hy or us se phle bhi tha. 

The point I am trying to make is that it was not his policies or handsomeness that caused us to have a growth rate of 6, 5.9 (I doubt these figures, though). It was all an international market and post-COVID boom. In fact, if you even listen to any economist, he would tell you that his policies were really bad and harmful for Pakistan.

LeopardResponsible36

Bas kardo yaar khuda ka wasta hai. We are almost at war man

Pretend_Mulberry_162

We would be the same as we have been with the others. Just a new face people could see.

Outrageous_Tear_8090

But don’t worry, we’ll rank in the top 5 for each of the following:
- Real estate developed by any military. 
- Real estate owned by any military. 
- Number of businesses owned by any military. 
- Most citizens kidnapped by any military. 
- Longest indirect or direct rule by any military. 
- Most number of corrupt military officials. 
- Most military dictators. 
- Most political power by Military. 
- Largest post-retirement Military compensation. 
- Strongest military media control. 
- Most military-run educational institutions. 
- Wealthiest military leadership.

TechnophileDude

The rank takes into account industrial power as well, that is probably affecting also europe is rearming itself

Successful-Silver485

Wars are fought with money, pakistan can’t fight a war longer than a month.

Successful-Poet-6714

Lanky_Network_5414

I’ve got reservations about these rankings tho. I mean when it comes to wars, there are so many factors that come into play. But this is alarming because their budget hasn’t subsided yet their performance is.

Shahnaseebbabar

It’s all well and good having a good military, but in reality Pakistan can’t afford to go to war.

Minor setbacks that other countries could come back from during times of war would completely decimate Pakistan. 

Probably why the military extorts its own citizens, to be honest. There’s no other use for them.

fundytech

BestVacay

PakistaniJanissary

I have completely lost confidence brazil hell no. There's no way that's true. Also our rankings must increase exponentially too once we receive the j31s

Known_Comfortable117

Do you have a graph for this? I think we were 6th once

boredistan

Tbh , if our focuses more economy , rather than only security, I see no problem with it , as long as our military stays strong enough to defend country against terrorists like daesh ,ttp or bla

AccordingPeach5211

Responsible-Team7672

These rankings are meaningless and just vibes based

FutureUofTDropout-_-

darksaiyan1234

how is this possible when the army runs your state 💀.

guystupido

I would take these rankings with a massive grain of salt the Russia Ukraine war should make that clearly abundant. It's also worth mentioning that having an economy that can support a long-term war is also important, Afghanistan was a leading cause in the Soviet union's collapse.

QH96

National-Boy2901

We have nukes and Japan, Turkey, Brazil &amp; Italy donot.

There are handfuls of countries with nukes. 

1. United States, 
2. Russia, 
3. China, 
4. France,
5. United Kingdom, 
6. Pakistan, 
7. India, 
8. Israel,
9. North Korea

black_vigo

Pakistan was ranked 7 when IK was pm, just saying. He didn't need you, you needed him. On and off the field

outtayoleeg

amirrehman

There's no defense against nuclear weapons I am sure more than half of the countries listed won't survive a nuclear fallout. They don't even have them as deterrence so goodbye South Korea :p

Even with all the military might America has proved many times in history it is not enough war is complex. I mean take Vietnam, Cuba and Afghanistan for example. But the nuclear bombs did work though in Japan.

khumi01

StrugglingBeing

SS: Despite pledges to reduce troop numbers, Sri Lanka has increased its 2025 defense budget to $1.5 billion, up 3 percent from the previous year, continuing a trend of rising military expenditure since the end of its civil war in 2009, writes Rathindra Kuruwita in *The Diplomat*. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake reaffirmed plans to downsize forces while simultaneously pushing for a more technologically advanced and professional military, including new recruitment drives, improved salaries, and modern equipment for the Navy and Air Force. However, most of the budget remains tied to recurrent costs like salaries. Kuruwita notes that geopolitical dynamics will influence defense procurement, with India’s concerns about the NPP government’s perceived pro-China leanings affecting Colombo’s ability to source arms from regional powers like China or Pakistan. These dual pressures, technological upgrades and strategic alignment, make it unlikely that defense spending will shrink anytime soon.

telephonecompany

Pakistan announced a 20% increase in its defense budget, reflecting heightened regional tensions, particularly with India.

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