Pre Budget Seminar 2011-12 under Pakistan Awami Tehreek

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Pro-people budget not possible in the present elitist structure: PAT's pre-budget seminar

Distinguished speakers at a pre-budget seminar organized by Pakistan Awami Tehreek have demanded of the government to establish Budget Regulatory Authority, increase budgetary allocations for health, education and jobs creation, bring the wealthy class into the tax net, and take concrete actions to rid the country of the programmes with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). They agreed to the need of cutting down on non-development expenditure and bringing about comprehensive reforms in the tax regime of the country, dubbing it highly repressive, rigourous and iniquitous.

The speakers said that political forces across divide stand for pro-elitist economic and political structures, which benefit them in the short and long terms. They asked the people to stand up against the exploitative system and vote their true representatives from among themselves into power so that they could reflect their aspirations in the budget-making processes. They held that the time was up for the corrupt ruling elite as people were increasingly becoming aware of their rights and it is a just a matter of time before they became master of their own destiny.

Those spoke at the seminar included Dr Mubashir Hassan, former federal minister for finance, Faiz-ur-Rehman Durrani, president of Pakistan Awami Tehreek, Anwar Akhtar Advocate, Secretary General of PAT, Riaz Fatyana, member of the National Assembly, Aaima Mahmood, Shahid A. Zia, Dr Qais Aslam, Sohail Mahmood, Aslam Khan, G.M. Malik, and Brig. (r ) Farooq Hamid Khan.

http://www.minhaj.org/english/tid/14094/Pro-people-budget-not-possible-in-the...

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