1) Look at the past 10 years PAF has been inducting second hand French Mirage aircrafts, American helicopters and C-130 aircrafts and new Chinese J-7 (Russian copy of Mig-21) due to restrain on funds factor.
2) Pakistan total annual budget is $12 billion and 75% is consumed in debt servicing and defence expenditure, remaining $3 billion is for the infrastructure of the country and Pakistan is heavily dependent on IMF, World Bank, ADB, European Union and other International Financial Institutions for financial loans for its economic survival.
3) India will not allow Franch to supply Mirage-2000-5 to Pakistan.
4) Pakistan is too much dependent on the American for free hand out. In a way if America catches cold Pakistan will get its flu.
5) The American allow Pakistan to buy Chinese A-5 & J-7 as it is second hand and old Russian technology.
6) There is peace process going on between Pakistan and India, Pakistan is not in position to risk the peace process by buying arms.
7) Pakistan is heavily dependent of International Financial Institutions like World Bank, IMF and others., they will object and may refrain from further loans.
8) Currently, Pakistan's forex reserves are $12 billion, should there be power switch on top like the President, the entire reserves will simply vanish in thin air as it happened during Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif duration.
1. That Chinese F-7PG not J7s. :roll
2. I don't know whats pakistan total budget but I do know that pakistan spends $3 billion on defence. How is that 75% of total budge?
3. French will sell Pakistan whatever they wish to. India does not make calls for France. France will sell anyone with money. Besides Pakistan has better relations with France than India-considering the Agosta project and TOT that French allowed Pakistan. India cries on every arms acquisition that pakistan makes. Even acquiring transport plans is a major concern for india that it can shift balance of power in Pakistans favor. Country three times the size of Pakistan is so paranoid is unbelievable.
4. Pakistan isn't dependant on anybody. Pakistan uses its contacts and oppurtunity to get whatever it needs from the Americans just like India uses Israel and Russia and war on terror to acquire whatever it wishes from US/Israel/Russia. India in a way is also dependant on Russia for 80% of its military needs. It had to cry to Israel when it needed artillery shells during kargil... sadly for you Pakistan makes major immunition in pakistan and even sells them to other countries.
5. Again, pakistan isn't buying A-5s of J-7s. Those planes are ready to be retired not acquired. pakistan has been buyin chineses F-7PG - that with good AAM's can cause problems for Indian jets.
6. Pakistan isn't the only one involved in this peace process, india is too. So if India can acquire major arms during the peace process, test missiles and other military related stuff, why not pakistan. :roll It is india which started the arms race in South Asia by testing its first nuclear device in 74. Pakistan had to follow to protect its self from Indian aggression.
7. Thats bull and would have been turee 4 years ago. But that isn't the case. IMF loans and other loans have been reshedualed, from $36 billion to 32 billion. Our two traitor leaders that India loves so much borrowed so much money from IMF and world bank that it rendered pakistans economy to point of failure. Karachi stock exchange has been the fastest growing Stock exchange in the world since 911, all because of new economic policies and foriegn and domestic investment. You are misinformed, I suggest you go and search on these economic developments in Pakistan.
8. During benazir and Nawaz Sharif, the reservers were half a billion. So, things weren't so great back then for Pakistan and thats why those two leaders are loved by Indians. Its been four years since they were kicked out and things are much better and improving, sadly you may not like that news since you are so hard on pressing misinformation and old information against Pakistan.
On the economic front, Gwadar post seems to be the major piece of pie for Pakistan's economy in the future. Its going to be the hub for trade. Central Asia nations are going to use that port to get access to warm waters which are not available to them otherwise. Russia, will also use it for its export and import needs through vast network of road ways and railways links from Pakistan, afghanistan into the CAR Region. Two projects on gas and oil pipelines were signed few years ago and they are underway. Pakistan's economy expects to digest close to $12 billion each year through these projects and that is good news. As words attention shifts to Oil reserves of CAR nations, pakistan is poised to become the business hub for many companies and countries since so many will depend on its port(gwadar) for exports and import of oil, gas and any other product that CAR nations need to export, etc.
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