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After a decisive victory over India, a debate has begun about whether to increase the defense budget in Pakistan. Supporters discuss in favor of increasing defense spending, while others question the need for such an increase. Both supporters and opponents justify their own point of view. Supporters say, unfortunately, Pakistan is in a country, India’s neighborhood, which always tries to destabilize Pakistan, which requires a beautiful budget. Indian Armed Forces have huge resources in their power, so Pakistan has no choice but to increase the defense budget.

On the contrary, opponents claim that Pakistan has limited resources and are going through a financial and economic crisis. In addition, there is the ability to adjust and reorganize defense costs. For example, Pakistan can reduce non -war spending and send these funds to the war sector. Therefore, there is no need to allocate more resources for defense.

In addition to this debate, ground facts show that Pakistan needs to adopt a comprehensive approach, not just a defense budget, focus on the security budget. Why? Pakistan is at the center of GeoPolitics, also known as the Great Games in the region and beyond. World powers are pressing Pakistan to integrate with their own camps. The United States and its allies are forcing Pakistan to join them and forcing their policies, especially China to dismantle China and get out of the CPEC. However, Pakistan refused to follow them and chose to follow a free path, which the United States and its allies did not like. They started creating challenges for Pakistan at several levels, including security challenges. India saw it as a great opportunity to score with Pakistan and served the alliance.

India began to produce huts for Pakistan at the border, with the support of its allies. After seeking the support of Western allies, India has become an irrational state. It lives in a bubble, assuming that it is a great power and can do anything with exception. Thus, India launched efforts to boost the border dispute, and in May 2025, it invaded Pakistan for its own reasons. Pakistan had to fight unwanted and unprecedented war for war. With the blessing of Allah, Pakistan defeated India on all fronts. This was possible because Pakistan’s armed forces were well prepared and well equipped thanks to timely investment in defense. Instead of learning a lesson from its defeat, India is still ready to engage in a new controversy. In this way, the Pakistani Armed Forces should be alert at all times. For this purpose, Pakistan will need to invest in creating the ability to deal with these risks.

Second, on the domestic front, the leading player of the Great Sports, Western Alliance, has joined hands with India to create challenges in Pakistan, especially on the domestic front. They are inciting violence and terrorism under the guise of race, sub -national identities and religious differences. Thirdly, after the sudden withdrawal of US and its forces from Afghanistan, security challenges for Pakistan have been complicated. Terrorist organizations are exploiting the transfer of Afghanistan and using Afghanistan as a launching pad for their terrorist activities in Pakistan. In addition, Pakistani-Wergen terrorist organizations such as BLA also seek refuge in Afghanistan.

In this context, Pakistan will have to fight a multi -dimensional war from border conflicts to counter -terrorism. This requires both institutions, civil and military involvement. Therefore, as needed, Pakistan will have to allocate important financial resources to deal with border threats, terrorism and violence on the domestic front.

In this context, the debates should not only pay attention to the defense budget. Instead, Pakistan should focus on the security budget. The budget increase should not only be for defense, but also for the security of Pakistan. However, after a detailed analysis of the requirements, Pakistan should adopt a requirement to allocate budget. In addition, the analysis needs should be separated into two types: Armed Forces and civilian institutions. The theory analysis of the birds indicates that the budget needs to be increased for both the armed forces and the civilian entities.

Armed forces need to increase because the armed forces are dealing with an irrational and aggressive neighbor, India, which unconsciously increases their defense spending. In 2025, India allocated US $ 78.7 billion, representing a 9.5 percent increase over the previous year. It is expected that after the May 2025 war, India will increase its defense budget further. After the defeat of Pakistan, it has intended to purchase modern and sophisticated military equipment, including modern artificial intelligence, cybercularity, surveillance systems, etc. It is also looking for new fighter jets after the destruction of Rafales. There are rumors that India is considering buying F-35 from the United States.

Against this background, Pakistan has no option but to increase the ability and capacity of Indian threat. Thus, the defense allocation needs to be increased. It is worth noting that the policy makers are aware of the needs of the armed forces. However, it is appropriate to highlight that Pakistan should fully analyze the defense budget for both war and non -war sectors before allocating further. This will help identify the necessary allocation and close the doors of negative and charges.

At the same time, Pakistan should review the needs for civil security agencies, especially the police. This is just as important as military costs. It is a established fact that the police act as the first line of defense against terrorism and violence. It has deep roots on the ground level and helps identify potential risks and unwanted personnel over time. In addition, the police are trained to deal with citizens and resolve the lower levels. The global history of fighting terrorism or unrest also highlights that the police always play an important role in preventing terrorism, violence and riots in the name of racism or any other identity. Therefore, all advanced countries invest in the construction and strengthening of police agencies.

Unfortunately, in the case of Pakistan, the police force is a weak institution. It has a severe lack of resources, including manpower, technology, and, most importantly, financial support. Financial allocation for the police is insufficient, even for normal operations, leave to fight terrorism. This shortage of resources is a hindrance to the development of modern investigative techniques and policing tools. In addition, the police are suffering from poor life conditions and inadequate transportation facilities, which significantly affect their mental health. They also lack sophisticated weapons and modern tools to deal with cyber threats. In addition, lack of resources affects the development of officers’ skills.

These factors greatly affect performance and expose the police with threats. It is expected that the situation will be complicated in the new regional dynamics and the great game. It will have to meet the challenges arising from sectarianism, ethnic issues and terrorism organized by foreigners. In this context, Pakistan will need to invest in its police force on a large scale. The story of the other civilian institute is like police.

Thus, in the coming budget, Pakistan should pay attention to civilian institutions equally, as is on the army. Otherwise, efforts to tackle terrorism and other challenges will be shaken. This will damage the achievements of the army on the border, which will not be the desired result.