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ISLAMABAD — Pakistan said yesterday a rise in India's defence budget was not helpful for the peace process between the nuclear rivals. "We must work towards an equilibrium and there should not be an atmosphere of arms race or competition which can be avoided," Foreign Office spokesman Masood Khan told a regular news briefing. Asked to comment on India's announcement that its military budget would rise 7.8 per cent to Rs830 billion rupees ($19 billion) in the coming year, he said the "spike in defence spending is not a helpful trend." "What we need is nuclear restraint in the region, we need conventional balance, we need restraint all around," Khan added.
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