According to details, PTI MPAs Arsalan Taj Ghuman and Bilal Ghaffar held a press conference outside the Sindh assembly and talked about the finance performance of the Sindh government in financial year 2018 and 2019. MPA Dr Imran Ali Shah and Sanji Gangwani were also present.
Bilal Ghaffar told the media that the chief minister of Sindh has claimed that the province has got Rs 550 billion from the federal government, which is 80 percent less. He said there were three types of federal transfers to the provinces. He said under the NFC award Sindh province had been given Rs 550 billion, while in the head of royalty and state transfer the target of Sindh was Rs 43 billion and it has got Rs 48 billion.
Moreover, Sindh province is given Rs 16 billion in the head of OZT and if these three transfers are added the Sindh province has already got Rs 613 billion. He said chief minister on the floor of Sindh Assembly had said that federal government had given Sindh only Rs 550 billion which was totally incorrect.
He said the provincial government of Sindh was simply misleading people and blaming the federation government for everything. He said the chief minister should know that when schemes come money also comes and when more schemes come, more money also come. He said the rulers of Sindh under the pressure of NAB are now telling wrong facts and figures. He demanded that the Sindh CM should tender apology on the floor of assembly.
He said in 21 departments there was a shortfall of Rs 90 billion. He said Sindh CM always praised their Sindh Revenue Board (SRB); however, the SRB had collected Rs 36 billion less revenue. He said the Sindh government had even failed to collect sales tax, properly. He said due to corruption in Sindh government, international institutions were not ready to have confidence in them. He said in foreign projects there was shortfall of Rs 44 billion. He said as compared to last years, that year Sindh had collected less taxes.
He said the ministers of Sindh government said they had no funds. He said "minister of public health simply did not spent 47 percent of the available budget of his department, but still he says they have no funds." He said delaying schemes to increase their cost was the modus operandi of Sindh government's white collar crimes.
PTI MPA Taj Ghuman said on the occasion that previous day the Sindh CM tried to mislead people by presenting wrong figures. He said the performance of Sindh government was nose-diving and they had collected fewer taxes. He said Sindh government blamed federal government for not releasing funds which was a lame excuse. He said there were available funds in accounts of different provincial government departments but they were not ready to spend those funds on public welfare. He said they only work through bogus bills, where contractors offered kickback to them. -PR