Pakistan – China defence relations
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Arms supplies
2006- 2024
May 10, 2025: The Times of India

Chinese Arms supplies to Pakistan, 2006- 2024
From: May 10, 2025: The Times of India
From: May 10, 2025: The Times of India
Till 2010, the US was Pakistan’s largest arms supplier. But Washington was getting increasingly frustrated with Islamabad’s continued support for the Afghan Taliban and its nurturing of terrorists in its own backyard. By 2016, US arms supplies dried up. China thereafter started filling up the vacuum and now accounts for over 80% of Pakistan’s arms imports. Here’s a look at how it has armed India’s nuclear neighbour.