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ISLAMABAD -- Ahead of Pakistan's announcement of its annual budget on Tuesday, the country's influential armed forces and the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan have promised to rein in military spending for the coming year.
The unusual move, likely the first ever, comes as Pakistan prepares the ground for a $6 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund aimed at averting a balance of payments crisis.
Khan, in a tweet last Wednesday, acknowledged the armed forces' "unprecedented voluntary initiative of stringent cuts in their defense expenditures for next FY [fiscal year] because of our critical financial situation, despite multiple security challenges."
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