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THIS refers to Punjab representative of NFC Dr Ayesha Ghaus Pasha’s interview 'How long will Punjab be expected to sacrifice?’(April 21).

This is a new question.It suggests that hitherto Punjab has been sacrificing for other federating units, though facts speak otherwise. Here is a quick look through the Pakistan Energy Yearbook 2013: Sindh produces 40.63pc of the total oil, KP 40.40pc and Punjab 18.90pc.

Against this, Punjab consumes more than 70pc of the oil produced. The same yearbook shows that Sindh contributes 68.65pc to Pakistan’s total gas production, Balochistan 18.37pc, KP 8.38pc and Punjab 4.6pc.

Thus consumption vs production ratio of gas is: Sindh 55, Balochistan 30, KP 51 and Punjab 783. Sindh and KP use about 50pc of the gas they produce, Balochistan less than onr-third while Punjab uses about 800pc gas more than what it produces.

Similarly, during the One Unit era Punjab had more in arrears (loans) which were paid by the One Unit government. And very interestingly the same argument was forwarded then that Punjab was sacrificing for the sake of the country.

Dr Pasha says: “Punjab has sacrificed a great deal in the last award to strengthen the federation.” The only example she could produce is is its ‘conceding to the demand for replacing the population-based formula for the NFC award with multiple criteria’. But it is still 82pc for population and only 5pc for revenue generation.

The question is: ‘Who owns all the resources that produce money and the means that generate taxes ?’. The only answer is the provinces. The centre has no resources of its own. So the centre’s role is and should be that of an efficient manager and an honest broker.

If the rule is that whatever is produced and wherever produced is the property of the whole country and should be used wherever needed, then things that Punjab produces/owns like wheat and underground sweet water should also be included in the national divisible pool. Why only those things that ‘others’ produce or own.

Dr Pasha says: “Punjab is a very big province, the most populous one; we have a lot of work to do to lift our social and economic sectors.”

I ask her why wasn’t this principle followed when East Pakistan ( erstwhile ) was the most populous province?

She says further : “How long will Punjab continue to be expected to sacrifice?”

No one, at least from Sindh, expects Punjab to sacrifice. Let us agree: ‘Keep with you what is yours and leave with us what is ours’.

In the end she lectures younger brothers to “think about the country first and shun parochial thoughts”. For her, talking about Punjab’s developement amounts to thinking for the country, but asking for development rights of other provinces is tantamount to parochial thought.

Khalique Junejo
Karachi

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I'm not aware of the actual statistics. Here's a Paper on the 7th NFC award, that might help you. You may further search it on the internet for a better idea of the award.
Actually I wanted to know actual figures and injustice with small provinces,I have alot of information about all this but I dont know sharing all that on this forum is right or wrong as a Govt. employe we have certain restrictions and we have to follow the rules...
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I'm sure there is no such restriction on the Govt. employees for sharing information on the social media forums. In fact, this forum is best suited for this very purpose i.e sharing knowledge. There are other members on this forum who are Govt. employees and they share their experience and working knowledge.
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