With development spending slashed by 30 per cent despite glaring infrastructure deficits and current expenditure rising by 20pc to sustain an already bloated and inefficient provincial bureaucracy, the proposed Rs3.5 trillion Sindh Budget , which projects a Rs37 billion deficit, is anything but forward-looking. The current budget reinforces the perception that the PPP has diluted many of its core values to align with the country’s prevailing power structure, making it increasingly difficult to distinguish the party from its rivals. What still sets it apart is its legacy of sacrifices for democracy, its contribution to the Constitution and a more equitable distribution of resou­rces among provinces, and its historic role in mobilising ordinary citizen to stand up for their rights.