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REDUCTION IN EXPENDITURE
In Pakistan the 2 percent
ruling class has been ruling over the 98 percent poor and
oppressed people since the inception of the country. They have
not only ruled, but have also used the State resources and
national exchequer for personal gains, because a major portion of
the State exchequer has been utilised on wasteful luxuries and
personal benefits. The national exchequer is almost entirely
depleted. In order to replenish the exchequer working people are
further burdened with heavy taxes and loans are obtained from
foreign countries at exorbitant rates.
For not providing basic necessities
to the people, the government put forward the justification that
it lacks resources, whereas, billions of rupees are spent on the
luxurious life style of top bureaucrats, ministers and members of
the ruling party, the government advisors and their families.
Millions of rupees are spent on medical treatment overseas for
these people. The same privileged class also obtains huge loans
from nationalised banks.
Millions of rupees are spent to win
over the favours of opposition party members in the Assembly. The
national exchequer is also being plundered to pay for expensive
functions, tea parties, luncheons and dinners. Billions of rupees
are spent on luxury cars, villas, bungalows and foreign tours for
those who are in position of power. Expensive plots of land are
distributed among the 'favourites' at give-away prices. It is
because of such extravagant unnecessary expenditure that our
country today is facing severe economic crisis.
MQM wants to see an end to this extravagant expenditure on luxury items. The Government sends, at its own expense, the very rich feudal lords and bureaucrats and their families for trips abroad and for medical treatment. This practice must be discontinued. Luxurious costly functions and extravagant dinners should be stopped. On foreign tours, instead of a huge entourage the representatives concerned should travel with a minimum of staff to reduce unnecessary costs. The extravagance on fleets of vehicles and the houses of ministers, advisors and their secretaries must be stopped. The practice of distributing plots of land to favourites of ministers and government officials should also be stopped. The loans given to the privileged class must be recovered from them. Tax evasion must be eliminated and every extravagance on luxury items should be stopped.