8% to run the government!?!?!? 7% on subsidies!?!?!? This should not exceed more than 5% combined, and education which alone should be at 5% is buried somewhere **What a pathetic nation we are that does not value education**

Are we ever going to see real tax reforms in this country? When are we going to tax the rich? When are we going to stop persecuting the middle classes for holding salaried jobs? When are we going to stop compensating for our income tax collection incompetencies with indirect taxes? Not in our lifetimes, I don't think.

In Federal revenue circular chart both Net Revenue Receipts and Net Capital Receipts have 53% each allocated to them. Is the chart total percentage > 100%???

The pie sections vs. the percentage points are horribly off for the revenue chart.

About a third of the Budget for interest payments? Really??!! No wonder there are no funds for building dams, education and several other important projects.

Professional managers to run state-run firms? Dare I ask who's been running them so far?!

wow wow where is the education pie?

If a country spend 32% in interest payment and 17% in defense i.e. 50% of budget going on productive items, than there is little hope for a common man. What is the need to spend so much on defending a bankrupt country.

How about setting aside a small amount in the budget to bring back trillions of dollars sitting in the bank accounts due to corruption, tax dodge, money leaundering, fake loans, scammers, etc.

Wow!! Interest payments on debt is 32%? In USA interest payments are around 6% and no load-shedding! Were has all the borrowed money gone?

PLEASE CHECK THE TOTAL BUDGET OUTLAY AMOUNT, IT MAY NEED TO BE RECONSIDERED

A expected the PML (N) safeguarded the interests of its fraternity i.e. the capitalist class who always deceived and defied the Government machinery in payment of income tax. The budget even couldn't provided a future guideline for recovery on income taxes and documentation of economy rather its emphasis on traditional indirect taxes which will severely hit the poor. No good news for social sector i.e. health and education which needs efforts on emergency basis rather funds will be diverted to extravagant schemes like motorways, laptop. the funds which is being planed for Laptop and higher education must have been kept for the burning issues like primary education and health facilities.

It will be hard to bear above budget. However if all said taxes are recovered efficiently, then there would be a large reserve available for development side. HOPE ALL THESE COLLECTIONS should be use in a truthful manner with avoiding corruptions.

Very Excellent and Eye Catching Graphic View. Is this Rs 3591/- Billions or Trillion. A fatal error.

There is a mistake in the above diagram: it should be Total budget outlay: Rs3,591 billion

Total Percentage of Federal Revenue in PIE CHART comes out to be 153%, how its possible???

Asalam-Alekum, There is no provision in the budget for RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D) for Pakistan Ltd. How can it will grow in the future and be self-sufficient in various fields of development. Without it the country will remain a recipient of alms. Take an example of Israel and South Korea. For past 60 years, they have a very active Government sponsored R&D programme. They exports all the things it makes be it computer related, cars or defence equipments. If possible at least 1% of the Pakistan

all good ideas, however the proof of the pudding is in the eating. in particular the ability to achieve tax to GDP ratio will be crucial. also no mention of a tax on landowners, yet again another government in hock with the feudals.

The Total budget out lay is Rs 3591 trillion or billion

The Total budget outlay is Rs 3591 trillion or billion.

Its Rs. 3.591 trillion or Rs. 3,591 billion Budget ( Above is the error of comma and point)

@Usman: After 18th constitutional amendment Education budget is Provincial subject while Higher education is Fed duty. Wait for the provinces budgets.

the budget does not highlight spending on education and training?

If salaries are not being raised, then why to give it special mention. just to discredit itself. its fall out could only be controlled by a raise of 15 percent if not 20 as was being done annually by the out-going rulers. let the salaried agitating clerks have hope and wait for the final decision.

@fowez: for militancy in other countries

@HADY : You are dumb and also the poster child why Pakistan needs to invest in Education.

@ABDUL NASIR: its 3.5 trillion or 3500 billion. one and the same thing

@Azad: Strongly endorsing your comments one wonders that only two days after the formation of new Fed. govt., the FM seems to have read out the speech prepared by the former 5-years long rulers, who used to raise salary up to 20 percent, annually, but Mr. Ishaq Dar has dared announce no raise in salary of govt. servants. What a great contrasting difference between the in-coming and out-going political rulers.

This is not 'good idea' if the new Saving Schemes will be introduced from next year. Why not during the current fiscal year? It sounds as strange as the novel philosophy that the state-servants will be given pay raise next year, ha, ho,ha, ha,ho ho, what a laughable budget decisions?

The govt wants to raise tax to gdp ratio to 15% by 2015. I am worried it would tax only those people who are already paying taxes instead of broadening the tax base by imposing tax on landlords and stock exchange businesss.

@Mian Mir: I like your comment so much that i copied it to my fb wall....:)

What is the % for 1) Education 2) health 3) Roads(Transport) 4) Power 5) contingency for natural disaster (All these are mainly impact common person). Can anyone throw light

What percentage are they going to spend on strong textLAPTOPS again lol

@Shah Alam: Indeed, but our beloved country already have quite a few R&D houses. The very unfortunate is that, all those working under one khaki umbrella and black boots.

@ali: yes, you are correct up to the 't' and even if it was written there as Millions along with Trillions and billions ( of course as a typographic error) one is sure 90 percent MNAs, of faked degrees and unverified credentials will accept all this nonsense as okay and very good, without knowing the actual amount of pakistani money is given in one Million?