Comparison between Defence Expenditure in India and Pakistan in respect to their Security Scenarios: An Analysis

India and Pakistan both are South Asian developing nations with common history. India exercises comprehensive democracy while Pakistan practiced both democratic and military rule. In discourses, defence vs development is always a point of conversation among academicians, army personnel and thinkers of strategic studies and social sciences. A nation can neither ignore its development nor its defence. Defence expenditure is also an essential evil of nation-states. This paper examines the justification of defence expenditure of India and Pakistan in respect of their security and threat scenarios.