In its upcoming fiscal budget for 2024 to 2025, the Pakistani government proposed allocating PKR 2.12 trillion to the country’s armed forces. If finalized, this would be a 17.6% increase over last year’s defence budget, which stood at PKR 1.804 trillion. Based…
On a show on Pakistan’s state-owned television network, PTV, two retired Pakistan Navy (PN) officials - Vice Admiral Ahmed Saeed and Rear Admiral Saleem Akhtar - discussed the PN’s ongoing acquisition of Hangor-class (S26) submarines from China. Adm. Saeed highlighted that the…
In 2015 the PN initiated a significant program to both modernize and expand its surface and sub-surface fleets. The process started with a contract to acquire eight S26 air-independent propulsion (AIP)-equipped submarines (SSP) from China in 2015. This was followed by the…
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