Provincial games
Published in The News on September 30, 2014
This refers to the article, ‘Demanding more
provinces’’ (September 27) by Sikander Ali Hullio. If the provincial government
spent taxpayers’ money where it really mattered (not siphoning it away to
foreign bank accounts), there would be no demand for more provinces. However,
the people of the urban areas have a right to ask why they should pay any
taxes, considering no one knows how our taxes are spent. Even if there had been
visible progress in rural areas, we would not have been aggrieved.
Unfortunately we do not know what is being done with our tax money, so it is
time to devolve power to the cities and hold local bodies elections without
delay. Otherwise people would not be satisfied unless the present divisions are
made provinces. It is worth mentioning that the entire country of Switzerland
is divided into twenty six provinces, even though that country’s population is
less than half that of Karachi.
Shakir Lakhani
Karachi
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