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Resource Mobilization:
Issues and Challenges
Rationale for taxation:
- regulation of the economy
- redistribution of income
- financing of state expenditure
Tax Revenue Devoted to Selected
Non-Development Expenditure
Share of Selected Public and NonPublic Services in Total Expenditure (%)
Tax-GDP ratio
Year
1999-00
2004-05
Total
Taxes
9.1
9.0
Direct
Taxes
3.0
2.8
Indirect
Taxes
6.1
6.2
Composition of Tax Revenue (%)
Impact of Withholding Taxes on
Direct and Indirect Tax Shares
Burden of Direct and Indirect Taxes
by Provinces and Income Group (%)
Comparison of Input Prices and GDP Deflator
(Index 1972-73 = 100)
Trends in Composite Input Price and
Manufactured Export Price
(Index 1972-73 = 100)
Pakistan is a resource rich country
And we can abolish
Poverty, unemployment and illiteracy
In our lifetime
When a ship sinks
Its 1st class cabins sink too
We are all professionals
In our respective professions
But we are citizens too
And we have responsibility towards society