Corona virus: Why are there doubts about the data collected for testing for COD 19 disease in Pakistan?

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Corona virus: Why are there doubts about the data collected for testing for COD 19 disease in Pakistan? June 24 was a difficult day for the provincial capital, Lahore, according to daily statistics from Punjab, the province most affected by coronavirus deaths in Pakistan. In those 24 hours, code-19 disease claimed 55 lives in Lahore, a record so far. In the last five days before June 24, 119 people died of the corona virus in Lahore, an estimated 24 deaths per day. But when the provincial figures for June 25 came out, it was surprising that not a single death had taken place in Lahore. The BBC contacted Mayo Hospital, the largest coronavirus hospital in Lahore, for treatment. According to hospital data, there were three confirmed and five unconfirmed deaths from Code 19 on June 24, two certified and five unconfirmed deaths on June 25, and one confirmed and three unconfirmed deaths on June 26. The reason for collecting the three-day data was to allay fears that deaths after the count de...
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Budget 2020-2021 Another Review

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Budget 2020-2021 

It was announced in the budget speech that more than 100% tax has been levied on educational institutions which charge high fees. Details are yet to come, but if it is applied to technology and professional training institutions, it will only hurt. On the other hand, even if primary or secondary level educational institutions that charge high fees are taxed, these institutions will add the tax amount to the fees, which will increase the burden of fees on parents.
Pakistan has been allowed to make mobile phones which is a good move. There should also be a reduction in sales tax on mobile phones made in Pakistan. Various incentives should also be given to promote the industry and standard mobile phones should be brought in the market. Work should also be done to promote Dust Clean Lab and to set up assembly units for other standard electronic devices such as TVs besides mobile phones.

As for the negative aspects of the budget, the 27 points given to Pakistan by the FATF have not been implemented. The government maintains that it has completed the implementation of 14 points, with 13 still remaining. This is disturbing because the FATF had said that all the deadlines given to Pakistan have expired, but still another opportunity was given. Therefore, it can be said that Pakistan may face difficulties in the next review.

The rate of GST on caffeinated beverages has been increased from 13% to 25%, which is a good move. The Ministry of Health should impose more stringent restrictions in this regard. On the other hand, the import rate of cigarettes has been increased from 65% to 100%. This does not seem to be a good idea as you have already increased taxes which has led to increase in black marketing and smuggling of cigarettes. The FBR and customs confiscate a large number of cigarettes, but the same cigarettes are returned to the markets and are not lost.

Another problem here is that the manufacturers of local brand cigarettes do not pay any tax to the government and the revenue of about Rs 40 billion that the government can get in this field is lost due to smuggling. Therefore, steps should have been taken to regulate these issues.

One of the most important aspects of the current budget is the negative growth rate of Pakistan. Right now, the government is announcing that the growth rate will be negative 0.5 percent in the current year, while the budget for the next financial year will try to bring it to 2.1 percent.

It may be recalled that this is the second time since the formation of Pakistan that Pakistan's growth rate has been negative, before this happened in 1971. Then, although efforts are being made to bring the growth rate to 2.1 percent, but since the population rate in Pakistan is 3 percent and if it is compared with the population growth, the growth rate is negative.

In Pakistan, because the infrastructure, education system is very weak, 2.1% growth rate is not good for Pakistan in any way. The government should have taken steps to increase it, for this purpose the government should have given a huge development package which would have been at least a thousand billion, but no such package is visible, even for development only 650 dollars. Have been placed. Now if it is calculated in dollars, it decreases anyway.

In addition, the budget deficit could rise sharply. If we talk about agriculture, Rs 10 billion has been allocated for the eradication of locusts, which seems to be very low because the farmers have suffered a lot due to locusts who have to be given relief. However, there is nothing in the budget in this regard. Not found

An important point of this budget is not to increase the salaries and pensions of government employees. So now we have to see how the government will be able to satisfy the government employees as Pakistan has been experiencing very high inflation for the last two years. Inflation was 14 percent in January, and real incomes are falling by the same rate.

Now, if the salaries of government employees are not increased, the amount spent on the market will be greatly reduced and thus the business activities already infected with the corona virus will be further reduced as people will have no money to spend.

This time Rs 1289 billion has been allocated for the defense budget. Earlier, the defense budget was Rs 1,250. The current situation in our region is extremely tense, tensions are rising between China and India and the situation on the Line of Control is not good. On the other hand, India is constantly increasing its naval strength. Was not so visible.

In addition, no increase in the salaries of the armed forces has been announced along with the reduction in the defense budget. This is also a big class with government employees, the government needs to think about it. In dollar terms, the defense budget has been reduced rather than increased. Low defense budgets can affect various defense issues, as defense often involves working on long-term plans and incurring high costs.

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