Pakistan government has announced its federal budget for the fiscal year 2009-2010. The Rs. 2.482 trillion budget (roughly around $36.1 billion) will be mostly spent on defense expenditures and debt servicing. Major chunk of defense expenditures are aimed at preparing the country for a war against India. This is despite the fact that the country faces real insurgency from Talibans and India is not even a threat anymore.
The most surprising and shocking aspect of this budget is the expenditure on education and health. The government has allocated only $90 million for health and $300 million for education. Isn’t that really shameful? We could have said that it depends on their national priorities and we should not interfere but there is a solid reason not to think on those lines.
United States is giving more than $1.5 billions in annual aid to Pakistan. Congress approved this deal only after getting assurances that the money will be spent on health, education and infrastructure development. Now just compare the $390 million to $1.5 billion. It is not even peanuts and that is really shameful.
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