Army’s one-day spending equivalent to one-year education ministry budget

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Army’s one-day spending equivalent to one-year education ministry budget

Army
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan spends Rs1.35 billion per day over the three armed forces just under the head of salaries and operating expenses only, Rs8.60 million daily on the president and prime minister, Rs7.8 million per day on the Senate and National Assembly but a paltry amount of three lakh rupees per day to take care of human rights, show the budget documents.

It further discloses that the Army’s one-day spending is equivalent to the running year’s total allocation for education ministry, and the air-force’s per day expenditures far exceedwhat was allocated to the health ministry for running the financial year ending this month.

In the new financial year, as many as Rs495.215 billion has been allocated for the armed services only and the amount to be spent on the purchase and maintenance of military hardware is apart from thist. Going by the above cited figure means that Rs1.35 billion is spent on the three armed services each day.

A further break-up indicates that Rs640.37 million will be utilized by the Army per day; a sum equivalent to the running year’s budgetary allocation for the ministry of education. Although the ministry has been devolved now with no new allocation made under its head, last year’s budget for the ministry was Rs640 million which means Rs1.7 million a day. The allocated amount for the entire year for the education ministry last year, Rs640 million, is spent in a day by the Army for meeting its salaries and operating expenses only.

Likewise, the health ministry’s running year’s budget was less than the one-day spending of the air force. The ministry that has also been devolved now got budgetary allocation of Rs269 million for 2010-2011 whereas the air force’s per day spending is Rs290.86 million. Pakistan Navy’s spending per day is Rs141.80 million.

How much is spent on the ISI, the premier intelligence agency, is anybody’s guess as the budgetary allocation for the agency is not included in the amount specified for the armed forces.

The PML-N had demanded a debate on the defence budget and the allocations for the intelligence agencies, but the point has neither been taken seriously by the government nor pressed further by the major opposition party.

In addition to the massive defence spending, the expenditures of the prime minister and president also raise many eyebrows. The prime minister of Pakistan, for example, spends an amount of Rs4.3 million per day on foreign tours and the president around one million of rupees.

According to the budgetary allocation, the daily expenses of the Prime Minister Secretariat are Rs1.5 million in addition to Rs4.3 million each day that goes towards spending on the PM and his delegations’ foreign tours.

Likewise, the presidency’s budgetary allocation shows that a sum of Rs931,506.85 will be spent per day on his foreign tour and Rs1.322 million on the presidential secretariat. An accumulated amount of the president and PM’s expense is Rs8.60 million per day. Next comes the Senate and National Assembly Secretariat which constitute a total amount of Rs7.8 million per day. Going by that figure it shows that tax-payers would be spending five million rupees on the National Assembly Secretariat each day and Rs2.8 millions per day over Senate.

This massive spending is in contrast with the plight of human rights in Pakistan and the government’s non-serious attitude towards it. The next financial year’s budget indicates that a meagre sum of Rs110 million has been allocated which means three lakh rupees per day. Again, this amount has been allocated for employees’ related expenses as otherwise the ministry of human rights has no presence on the ground.

This is in contrast with the plight of human rights in a country like ours where even journalists are killed like dogs and cats.

An official of the ministry said they don’t have sufficient budget to create awareness, and conduct fact-finding missions. Most of the paperwork is done through media reports as neither the ministry has transport nor enough staff members to verify facts about human rights abuses taking places.

لگے رہو منا بھای۔۔

its militry inc.

despite spending such a huge summ on military whgat it does to protects its civilians ? drones come and go on its will,, us choppers fly near our nuke reactors and labs and caputal ,, just shrink this bloody organization,,

how could the economy progress if we spend such a huge sum on mil?

imagin army one day budget and too not inclusive of ammo equals one year of education bufget.. and the one dauy airforce budget far exceeds health budget for an entire year,,

army kha gai is mulkj ko ,, ya mulk islam ka nam pa is din ka lia bana tha ka is ka bachana wala is ko chosain ga?
LANATR HO ISS MULK KI FOUJ PA,, JP ITHNA ISS MULK KO CHOOSNA KA BAAD B KUCH NAI KAR SAKIU?

 

[Xracer]

okay can we do some thing about this can you stop them if we dont spent this much on army indian will eat us alive

 

[Qasibr]

Despite the Education budget being much smaller than the defence budget(365% smaller it would seem), all the education budget still isn't spent.

We have all these sudo-intellectuals creating such a fuss on national tv, about how it's wrong that we're spending on defence and maintaining a credible deterent in the face of enemies we have in our hostile neighborhood. And these sudo-intellectuals do not understand that even the current education budget is under-utilized.

If you really want to improve the state of education, reform the education ministry. A bureaucratic, highly centralized system of management leads to severe corruption in the center, with small schools in distant villages not even getting enough funds to remain open for the whole school year. The current level of funding that the education ministry already doesn't get utilized properly, so the solution really isn't to provide them with yet more funds, just to fill the coffers of some corrupt ministers and bureaucrats - it won't help improve the quality of education at all.

 

[madooxno9]

okay can we do some thing about this can you stop them if we dont spent this much on army indian will eat us alive

That is most insane thing i have ever heard.....

 

[gaurish]

okay can we do some thing about this can you stop them if we dont spent this much on army indian will eat us alive

We have lot of things to eat and most of us are veg ... u are crazy...

And army does need to spend so much to stay operational and its for your safety only ..

 

[S.M.R]

Army’s one-day spending equivalent to one-year education ministry budget


لگے رہو منا بھای۔۔

its militry inc.

despite spending such a huge summ on military whgat it does to protects its civilians ? drones come and go on its will,, us choppers fly near our nuke reactors and labs and caputal ,, just shrink this bloody organization,,

how could the economy progress if we spend such a huge sum on mil?

imagin army one day budget and too not inclusive of ammo equals one year of education bufget.. and the one dauy airforce budget far exceeds health budget for an entire year,,

army kha gai is mulkj ko ,, ya mulk islam ka nam pa is din ka lia bana tha ka is ka bachana wala is ko chosain ga?
LANATR HO ISS MULK KI FOUJ PA,, JP ITHNA ISS MULK KO CHOOSNA KA BAAD B KUCH NAI KAR SAKIU?

Kuch nahi kar saki? Yeh jo tum computer per bethay huay baray aaram say net surfing kar rahey ho, yeh Issi Army ki waja say hai.

 

[American Pakistani]

Army budget is important, yes primeminister,president expenditures must be cut down. They should be given salary of 5000Rs per month, because if they understand how poor lives than only they will solve problems of poor Pakistanis. As for health & education budget it goes in the pocket of corrupt rulers whereas Military budget is used for safety of Pakistan & is spend well that's why Pakistan is safe from outside threats otherwise it will be another Afghanistan.

 

[Respect4Respect01]

well defense is important,'


but why did they increase 32 crore for PM"s foreign visits.

and they only increased 50 lakh for education,

 

[S.M.R]

well defense is important,'


but why did they increase 32 crore for PM"s foreign visits.

and they only increased 50 lakh for education,

 

[monitor]

Inside military budget
June 6, 2011

Dr Raja Muhammad Khan

For the financial year 2011-12, the Government of Pakistan has increased the country’s Military budget by 12 percent. This also includes the 15% increase in the salaries of the employees. The total amount of the budget is Rs. 495 billion, compared to Rs 442 billion for the year 2010-11. In term of USD, the total amount is about $ 5.75 bn. The Finance Minister while justifying the increase in the defence budget said, “We live in a difficult neighbourhood. We are faced with threats to our security. We remain engaged in a struggle for the safety of our citizens. We are the victims of war on terrorism.” This is a great reality, the Finance Minister has highlighted. However, the country is confronted by enemies from within as well as from across the geographical frontiers of Pakistan. Now a day, meeting the internal challenges to the security of Pakistan has become more daunting and cost effective than the external threats. Since the commencement of the so-called global war on terror in 2001, and combat actions against the terrorists, Pakistan has badly suffered in term of its combat manpower, weapons and equipments and above all attacks on its civil and military installations, public places and all those having no connection with the war on terror.

While analysing the defence budget, one would know that, over the last few years, there has been a decline in the defence budget of Pakistan in practical terms. This is indicative from the fact that, during year 2010-11, in term of GDP share, the defence allocation was 2.6 percent. Whereas, despite an increase of 12 percent, the “GDP share of defence allocation for the next year (2011-12) would go down to 2.4 per cent”, a decrease of .2 percent. As analysed by Dawn Group of news paper, “There has been a steady decline in defence services’ slice in the GDP cake over the years.”This decline can be attributed to inflation, which as an average was 14.1 percent and is continuously increasing over the years. Over the years this practice is going on, contrary to an apparent increase in the military budget.

Inside Defence budget, there are various heads. First is the Ministry of Defence itself. Out of the total defence outlay of Rs. 501.85 billion, Rs. 495 billion would go the Military i.e. three services viz; Army, Navy and Air Force. The share of three services is rationalized based on the strength of the each service and the requirement for the weapons and equipment for a particular year. As revealed over 50 percent of this total Military budget, is expended on the employees’ related expenditures. Remaining amount is then further divided into various heads. At the level of Defence Ministry, the Airport Security Force, the Survey of Pakistan, Meteorology Department, and FG schools and colleges also consumes a big chunk of the defence budget. This aspect is known to very few people that these departments and others like Controller of Military Accounts are also paid out of defence estimates.

In the global market as well as domestically, owing to price hike and inflation, every year the cost of the equipment/ items, essentially needed to be purchased increased reasonably. This in turn necessitates an increase in the defence budget, an unavoidable phenomenon. For the financial year 2011-12, the operating expenses of the three services has been estimated as Rs. 128.28 billion, compared to Rs. 111.24 billion during year 2010-11, whereas, the employees expenses (including the 15% rise in the salaries) has been estimated as Rs. 206.5 billion. Similarly, the amount for civil works has been estimated as Rs. 42.6 billion, whereas, physical assets would remain as Rs. 117.6 billion for all three services.

Compared to $34 billion, declared Military budget of India, passed by Indian Parliament in February this year, Pakistani Military budget is just 5.75 billion, which indeed is a very small. According to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) the Military Expenditures of India are $41.3 billion. India doesn’t disclose its actual defence spending. However, India remain the main adversary of Pakistan, as there have been three wars between both countries and owing to Indian designs of undoing the Pakistan, as witnessed in 1971, we cannot become a status quo nation. Given the chance, India would go all out to undo Pakistan, the only country resisting its hegemonic designs in South Asia. Through its alliances with the major world powers, and establishing itself in Afghanistan, in the garb of so-called re-construction, India is posing very serious threats to the security of Pakistan from its western borders. Thus we cannot remain aloof of all these happenings. Beside Indian ill designs, Pakistan, “has constantly been suffering because of the existing security situation.” And as per Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, “We stand by our valiant men, who are laying down their lives to safeguard our country.”

As per Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), there has been a universal increase in the military budget of all countries. United States has increased its “military spending by 81 per cent since 2001, and now accounts for 43 per cent of the global total, six times to its nearest rival China. At 4.8 per cent of GDP, US military spending in 2010 represents the largest economic burden outside the Middle East.” As per the latest figures provided by SIPRI, the top 10 military spenders of the world till 2010 are: United States ($698 billion), China ($119 billion), Great Britain ($59.6 billion), France ($59.3 billion), Russia ($58.7 billion), Japan ($54.5 billion), Saudi Arabia ($45.2 billion), Germany ($45.2 billion), India ($41.3 billion), and Italy ($37 billion).

In the Sub-continent, India has been spending a huge sum of amount on its military budget ever since. Being in the club of top ten military spenders, there has been a constant increase in the Indian defence Budget since last two decades. Indian is modernizing its three services on the line of the militaries of United States, United Kingdom, and Russia. However, owing to its weak economy, Pakistan cannot match the Indian defence spending. Nevertheless, it should maintain at least the minimum credible deterrence to ensure its safety and security in the wake of enmity all around; domestically against extremists and terrorists and externally, those also promote internal instability too. Incidents like US raid to haunt OBL and the terrorist attack on the PNS Mehran Base, though very serious breaches of security, but, should not frustrate the nation from supporting its armed forces. On their part, Armed forces should indentify their flaws and make utmost efforts to come up to the expectations of the nation, to maintain the sovereignty and integrity of Pakistan in the world which is anarchic in character and played by power politics.
—The writer is an International Relations analyst.

 

[Rank]

Kuch nahi kar saki? Yeh jo tum computer per bethay huay baray aaram say net surfing kar rahey ho, yeh Issi Army ki waja say hai.

ye army ke wajah esay nahe hey ye RAWALPINDI ISLAMABAD KARACHI LAHORE may rehnay ki wajah say hey! yahan par agar koi hamla hoga tu uska reaction sakht hoga baki Pakistan ... wazirstan... swat... nw.... peshawar... quetta koi Pakistan kay ilakay thori hain jo unko defend kya jayee! hope you get it!

 

[Xracer]

Phir Kashmirs ko ku Kha rahay ho may sach baat ki thi apnay ap say pochay

We have lot of things to eat and most of us are veg ... u are crazy...

And army does need to spend so much to stay operational and its for your safety only ..

 

[yusufzoi]

ye army ke wajah esay nahe hey ye RAWALPINDI ISLAMABAD KARACHI LAHORE may rehnay ki wajah say hey! yahan par agar koi hamla hoga tu uska reaction sakht hoga baki Pakistan ... wazirstan... swat... nw.... peshawar... quetta koi Pakistan kay ilakay thori hain jo unko defend kya jayee! hope you get it!

I didn't understand that can you expalin in english plz.

 

[yusufzoi]

Kuch nahi kar saki? Yeh jo tum computer per bethay huay baray aaram say net surfing kar rahey ho, yeh Issi Army ki waja say hai.

Yar since you are so pro military, please name me just one large scale victory of theirs, where they have won with big margin, took chunk of land or liberated land.

Then and only then we can justify the budget.

 

[Jango]

You should just think about it, the same army is protecting your bum from being kicked by the enemy, and enabling you to surf the net sitting on your comfy sofa. Do we really need to argue with your pointless rhetoric?