Cash-strapped Pakistan chooses to strengthen navy instead of economy

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With the country’s economy already becoming a victim of Chinese designs, Pakistan opting for China’s assistance for building a 50-ship strong navy is replicating the same in the military domain as well read more Pakistan has always lived in the delusion to equate its power with India with little means to actually do so, the naval expansion looks like a plan set in stone. Representational Image: REUTERS December 4 is celebrated as Navy Day across the country, marking the occasion when India’s naval forces, as a part of Operation Trident, inflicted a heavy loss on Pakistani ships during the 1971...