Pakistan govt opts for austerity, but no reduction in defence budget

Minster of state for revenue Hammad Azhar on Tuesday presented in Parliament the austerity driven budget for fiscal year 2019-20, which starts from July 1

Pakistan on Tuesday announced that its defence budget for the next fiscal year (2019-20) will remain the the same as the last year’s Rs 1,150 billion amid an austerity drive by the government to solve the cash-strapped nation's financial woes.
 
Pakistan's military, in a rare move, early this month decided to voluntarily cut the defence budget for the next fiscal year and assured the nation that there would be no impact to its “response potential” due to the voluntary cut in the budget.
 
Minster of state for revenue Hammad Azhar on Tuesday presented in Parliament the austerity driven