I can make a lot of arguments on this but i dont want to do it right now
Just a glimpse - Mangla and Tarbela Dams both are build by the Federal govt n Karachi contribution to the Fed is around 68%. In other words I can say that Karachiites also owns this dam which is operated by WAPDA not KESC.
Lets put this figure of 68% and this claim of "Discrimination" to rest once and for all!
Karachi's share of National revenue is not 68%. The figure is misquoted and misused a lot. Especially by politicians, to further their own agenda.
Let me explain.
There are 3 Large Tax Payer Units (LTUs) in Pakistan, located at Karachi, Lahore & Islamabad. Furthermore, there are 13 Regional Tax offices (RTOs), located at Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Quetta, Lahore, Multan, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Peshawar and Abbottabad.
LTU Karachi and RTO's Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur and Quetta cover Sindh & Balochistan.
RTOs Lahore, Multan, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Rawalpindi, Islamabad & LTUs Lahore and Islamabad cover Punajb.
Finally, RTOs Peshawar and Abbottabad cover NWFP.
And all of this data that I'm about to present was compiled in September, 2008, so its pretty new!
Direct Taxes (Chapter 4)
LTU Islamabad has been the major revenue source of direct taxes due to large base. Its collection from income tax remained at the top with Rs. 77,030 million in the year 2006-07. It is followed by LTU Karachi with a collection of Rs.76,938 million. The RTO Karachi is at third position with collection of Rs.70,258 million. RTO Lahore is at fourth position with a collection of Rs.24,165 million. RTO Islamabad ranks sixth with a collection of Rs.11,715 million. LTU Lahore remained at fifth position with collection of Rs. 15,012 million. The remaining RTOs have contributed Rs. 41,016 million respectively.
Federal Excise Tax (Chapter 5)
RTO Rawalpindi collected the highest amount of federal excise duty in 2005-06 where as its share has slightly decreased from 36.7% in 2005-06 to 36.5% in 2006-07. Total collection of the RTO at Rs. 26,243 million in 2006-07, showed an increase of 28.7% as compared to last year.
Sales Tax (Domestic) (Chapter 6)
Table 6.1 shows that RTO Rawalpindi has collected the highest amount of Rs. 76,547 million in FY: 2006-07 and its share in total collection is 44.9%. This is followed by LTU Karachi which has collected Rs. 28,610 million with 16.8% share in total collection. The LTU Lahore showed a notable performance by collecting Rs. 20,948 million, mainly on account of shifting the units from Lahore and Faisalabad Collectorate to LTU Lahore.
This is followed by RTO Karachi which collected Rs. 11,461 million in FY:2006 07 as compared to Rs. 12,549 million in 2005-06 and is down by 8.7%. Multan is at fifth position and has collected Rs. 7,452 million in FY: 2006-07 with 10.2% increase over last year. RTO Lahore at sixth position, has collected Rs. 5,805 million with 3.4% share. Hyderabad at seventh position, yielded Rs. 5,686 million with 3.3% share. RTO Faisalabad has collected Rs.3,221 million in FY: 2006-07 as compared to Rs. 2,736 million in FY: 2005-06. The collection of Quetta increased by 6.9% from Rs. 2,024 million in FY: 2005-06 to Rs. 2,165 million in FY: 2006-07. The collection by the RTO Peshawar increased by 16.8%. RTO Gujranwala collected Rs. 1,556 million in FY: 2006-07 against Rs. 1,503 million in FY: 2005-06.
Customs (Chapter 7)
Custom duties and taxes are collected by 10 Model Customs Collectorates, 5 of which are in Karachi and the remaining five at Lahore, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad and Sambrial. So it is expected of Karachi to dominate this ranking and it does.
Table 16
SHARE OF COLLECTORATES IN THE COLLECTION OF CUSTOMS DUTIES
Karachi (ALL 5 Custom Houses): 75.2%
And as I've said before, all of these figures from the 3 Large Tax Payer Units (LTUs) and the 13 Regional Tax offices (RTOs) and whatever! Don't represent the cities, but represent the regions that their offices & units cover!
Source:
http://www.cbr.gov.pk/YearBook/2006-2007/FBRyearbook2006-2007.pdf
Contribution to national revenues, by the city of Karachi, on its own, amounts to 40% of Sindh's revenues and 25% of national revenues. All of this is nothing exceptional and it is expected of big cities, around the world, the size of Karachi, to contribute so much.
By the Asian Development Bank:
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Produced-Under-TA/38405/38405-PAK-DPTA.pdf
Anyways, regardless of all of the above, what matters essentially is GDP and GDP, has historically been like this:
Yaar, thats the problem with Pakistan, any suggestion or complain is taken like u do.
This is probably the only comment of yours that I agree with it!
So lets just drop these disgusting claims of "owing dams" and "
running 68% of the country" and whatnot! As all such juvenile comments do is create bad blood and divisions amongst Pakistanis. Pakistan is already divided enough as it is. Not just pointing at you, as you are not the only culprit!