Amidst the usual buzz, anticipations and predictions, Budget 2015 came with no new pack of surprises. The same old formula applied since forever where defense budgets are kept highest not only to keep our defenses up against the 'enemies' but also to please the 'umpire'. And education- well, people should feel pleased there's a budget for it at all. Other hallmarks of budget include increased taxes on consumers through indirect taxation, increase in prices of necessities so the common man finds no escape , so on and so forth.
While budgets in our part of the world are quite 'predictable',people still manage to react on it knowing it wouldn't change anything. Anyhow, here's a collection of how prominent journalist and twitterities chose to react.
Defence Budgets goes up. 11.6% again. #Budget2015 we live to serve the armed forces. 'live' is also ironic.
— Nilofer Afridi Qazi (@ninoqazi) June 6, 2015
RT @AseefaBZ #Budget2015: Missed targets exaggerated statistics & false promises https://t.co/IlsmFK5gmE
— Bilawal House (@BilawalHouseKhi) June 6, 2015
less than 2% to education while 25% for defence. said & observed this 10 yrs every year. it still makes no sense & is criminal. #Budget2015
— Nilofer Afridi Qazi (@ninoqazi) June 6, 2015
MISSING IN #Budget2015:Ws ther a wrd 2stop Corrption,MonyLandering,TaxEvasun, Flt of $$,bllns seizd.Mayb Dar said it whn I was making coffee
— SHAHEEN SEHBAI (@SSEHBAI1) June 5, 2015
#Budget2015 : Without energy sect reform, nurturing agri and stabilizing business environment, Mr Dar's growth strategy won't work
— Syed Talat Hussain (@TalatHussain12) June 5, 2015
When the Finance Minister says “No new taxes” he means “We have increased tax rates”
— omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) June 6, 2015
4 years income tax exemption for firms verifying Halal meat. #Budget2015-16 pic.twitter.com/XkjwRL4hfY
— PML(N) [Official] (@pmln_org) June 5, 2015
Interest free loans for farmers to install solar-powered tube wells. #Budget2015-16 pic.twitter.com/BgJwLFLEtS
— PML(N) [Official] (@pmln_org) June 5, 2015
Govt of Kanjoos & misers only 7.5% pay raise, nonsense #Budget2015 #PMLN
— Mush Rajpar (@MushRajpar) June 5, 2015
Breakdown of Pakistan's Rs 781 billion defence budget for 2015-16: 41.8% “employee related expenses”; 25.7% “operating expenses”
— omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) June 6, 2015
#Budget non-imaginative on Direct Tax reforms and lacks teeth to tax the real estate sector: #NML @SAMAATV #Pakistan
— Nadeem Malik (@nadeemmalik) June 5, 2015
Story first published: 6th June 2015
