Bilawal Bhutto Zardari told The Post a May ceaes-fire between the nuclear powers "is a start, but it is only a start."
Recent signals from both governments have underscored how their navies could play a central role in their next face-off.
Defence spending surges in Islamabad’s new budget, even as overall expenditures shrink.
Pakistan says it will increase defense spending by 20% following last month's deadly conflict with India.
Pakistan Tuesday hiked defense spending by 20% following last month’s deadly conflict with India. The government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced the increase as part of the budget for the fiscal year 2025-26, in which overall spending will be cut by 7% to 17.57 trillion rupees ($62 billion). Pakistan and India were pushed to the brink of war earlier this year after a gun massacre of tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir, marking the biggest breakdown in relations between them since 2019.
Social media is one of the few places where India and Pakistan can come together. But during the most serious escalation between the two nuclear powers in decades, content was censored .
The recent trade ban comes on the heels of an armed attack in Kashmir in which gunmen killed 26 people.
