Sindh does not deposit their money, this money is contributed by the consumers/people from all over the country…
Again the argument is based on collection. I don’t know how much more Sindh wants to rob Punjab on this basis. Already a big chunk of divisible pool is being distributed on collection basis. With 85% of revenue generation in Pakistan depending on indirect taxes which are directly related to GDP the place where this tax is being collected is totally irrelevent. Actually people of Pakistan are contributing bulk of these taxes on their consumption patterns.
Collection and contribution are two different things. If this higway robbery on Punjab’s share continues Punjab will have no choice but to seal the borders and start collecting these taxes in Punjab. Punjab gets 47% from divisible pool and these figures are authentic figures from the federal government data if you read the preceedings from NFC meeting. And let me tell you the news..the development of Punjab is far from over, infact place where 62% of Pakistanis live is as much under developed as anyother part of Pakistan!!!
And if you want to improve development in Sindh you have to do it with Rs 4800 per capita being given to you against Rs 3000 per capita being given to Punjab. Don’t insist on getting Rs 6500 per capita by curtailing Punjab’s share to Rs 1500 per capita. It will be no longer interesting for Punjab to stay in federation if that happens !!!