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yazdi · Nov 11th, 2008, 02:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Sa1eem

Well, federation rely on taxes from Karachi. This year federation is expecting around Rs1350 billion in federal tax collection (for year 2008-09) and Karachi contribution in that collection is most likely going to around Rs 1000 billion. Federal government is going to distribute around Rs 650 billion from that collection to provinces, and Sindh province (including Karachi) would get around Rs 150 to 175 billion out of that Rs 650 billion ... or 15 percent of what got collected from Sindh (around Rs 1000 billion).

Everywhere in the world, distribution of funds by federal government takes into account contribution as well as other factors different from population, except Pakistan where major criteria of contribution is population. Actually, Pakistan has to change system of fund distribution that takes into account not only contribution (because of that Sindh loses a lot), but also area as well as level of development, because big area and low development needs more fund for development (and in this respect, balochistan loses a lot).

But then, you are right that regardless of fund, a dynamic, hard working, energetic and visionary Mayor can have lot of impact on development of a city, else a corrupt mayor with little energy and dynamism would let a city run down regardless of availability of funds. I think that if more funds were available, more of Karachi problems would have got solved by now under this Mayor. Anyhow, Mustafa Kamal as Mayor did quite well and utilised scarce available resources quite effectively and efficiently.

There you go again...I have refuted your claims regarding the share of Karachi in tax collections upteen times with detailed figures from CBR sites...now you have made the most idiotic claim of Karachi's share at 1000 billion out of 1350 billion...74%....thinking I probably left the forum and nobody will refute your lies...I thought after upteen times you will not post the same lies which have been proven wrong several times in the past...without any proof of your figures except some separatist Sindhi web sites....but again there is no other guy like Saleem...you can expect anything from this person...