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      <title>Pakistan army improves rankings in global military strength index</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pakistan Army has emerged as the seventh most powerful army in the world, according to the Military Strength Rankings 2023.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Pakistan Army has jumped up eight places within three years. Its ranking improved from 15th back in 2020 to 7th in 2023.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Pakistan Army had clinched 15th, 10th, and 9th positions in the Military Strength Rankings of 2020, 2021, and 2022 respectively.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For the 2023 Global Fire Power review, a total of 145 world powers were considered.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The top four positions – USA, Russia, China, and India – remained unchanged in the rankings. Bhutan’s army is last on the list at the 145th spot.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In terms of Islamic countries, Turkiye military is next in line in the 11th spot in the rankings.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>Pakistan Army has emerged as the seventh most powerful army in the world, according to the Military Strength Rankings 2023.</strong></p>
<p>Pakistan Army has jumped up eight places within three years. Its ranking improved from 15th back in 2020 to 7th in 2023.</p>
<p>Pakistan Army had clinched 15th, 10th, and 9th positions in the Military Strength Rankings of 2020, 2021, and 2022 respectively.</p>
<p>For the 2023 Global Fire Power review, a total of 145 world powers were considered.</p>
<p>The top four positions – USA, Russia, China, and India – remained unchanged in the rankings. Bhutan’s army is last on the list at the 145th spot.</p>
<p>In terms of Islamic countries, Turkiye military is next in line in the 11th spot in the rankings.</p>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Jun 2023 12:31:19 +0500</pubDate>
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