Besides, the sacked employees have been reinstated while the ban on employment has been partially lifted. The government has also converted 12,000 public-sector contract jobs into permanent jobs and under the famous Waseela-e-Rozgar scheme, self-employment is also being facilitated through BISP which would give a big boost to the economy.
The government did not confine its activities to these economic plans only. The wisest thing it did for the people of this country was the resource transfer to the provinces. By taking this initiative the government has met one of the basic provisions of the Constitution that envisaged grant of autonomy to the provinces. And there can be no two opinions that financial autonomy is the real provincial autonomy.
Merely granting administrative powers or autonomy doesn't provide the provinces enough resources to handle their functions efficiently in service of people of their respective regions. Empowerment is important than empty autonomy. The government has taken concrete measures aimed at solid empowerment of the provinces as they have been given sufficient resources in addition to what they have been receiving in the past.
The 7th NFC Award which can be termed one of the finest and one of the best accomplishments of the PPP-dominated parliament, has ensured that the provinces get more departments, administrative powers and above all, financial empowerment. The 7th NFC Award rather reversed the old, redundant formula that was based exclusively on the population yardstick and, instead, gave due weight to poverty/backwardness, revenue collection, revenue generation and inverse population density, in addition to population. If we draw a comparative analysis of transfer to provinces, the figures go like this: Transfer to the provinces increased from Rs 633 billion in FY2009-10 under 6th NFC Award to Rs 999 billion in FY2010-11; Rs 1,090 billion in FY 2011-12; and Rs 1,459 billion in FY 2012-13. Of course, these figures are encouraging and prove one thing that the present dispensation is doing its best to ensure that the economy remains stable.