{"id":76485,"date":"2025-06-03T20:26:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T15:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=76485"},"modified":"2025-06-03T20:26:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T15:26:39","slug":"federal-budget-2025-26-defence-spending-proposed-to-rise-by-over-114","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/federal-budget-2025-26-defence-spending-proposed-to-rise-by-over-114\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Budget 2025-26: Defence spending proposed to rise by over 114%"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: According to official budget documents, the federal government<\/a> is proposing a more than 114 percent increase in the Ministry of Defence\u2019s development budget for the upcoming fiscal year 2025-26.<\/p>\n

The ministry\u2019s allocation is expected to increase from Rs5.386 billion this year to Rs11.554 billion \u2013 a move that signals a significant shift in national spending priorities towards defence and security.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Home Affairs is also set to see its development budget increase from Rs9.78 billion to Rs10.91 billion, with a proposed increase.<\/p>\n

However, this defence-oriented approach comes at the expense of several key civilian sectors, which face substantial budget cuts.<\/p>\n

The Ministry of Climate Change\u2019s development budget is proposed to be reduced from Rs5.26 billion to Rs2.784 billion.<\/p>\n

The Ministry of Information Technology is also facing a severe cut, with its allocation reduced from Rs23.93 billion to Rs13.53 billion.<\/p>\n

Similarly, the health and education sectors are also on the chopping block – the health ministry’s budget is being reduced from Rs24.75 billion to Rs15.34 billion, while the education budget is being reduced from Rs20.75 billion to Rs19.68 billion.<\/p>\n

The Higher Education Commission (HEC) is proposed to get Rs45 billion, which is significantly less than the Rs61 billion.<\/p>\n

The development budget of Pakistan Railways is also being reduced from Rs35 billion to Rs24.51 billion, and the Ministry of Science and Technology may see a reduction from Rs6.65 billion to Rs4.79 billion.<\/p>\n

The Ministry of Water Resources will get Rs140 billion in development funds, which is less than the current allocation of Rs170 billion.<\/p>\n

The Ministry of Defence Production is also not spared in terms of cuts, with its development budget proposed to be reduced from Rs 2.72 billion to Rs 1.79 billion.<\/p>\n

The development budget of the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC<\/a>) division is proposed to be reduced from Rs 523.1 million to Rs 503 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: According to official budget documents, the federal government is proposing a more than 114 percent increase in the Ministry of Defence\u2019s development budget for the upcoming fiscal year 2025-26. The ministry\u2019s allocation is expected to increase from Rs5.386 billion this year to Rs11.554 billion \u2013 a move that signals a significant shift in national […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":47576,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[684,9522],"class_list":["post-76485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-federal-government","tag-sifc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76485"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76486,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76485\/revisions\/76486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}