Addressing a fund-raising dinner hosted by Baithak School Network (BSN), he said revenue generation through tax collection was crucial to help strengthen development sectors in the country, in particular context of education.
Taking exception to existent dichotomy in the country, he said Pakistanis top the list of contribution made for philanthropic work, however, do not believe in giving taxes.
"This is hampering state's efforts to educating people and provide them with other basic facilities of life," said the Governor of Sindh.
Acknowledging that providing basic education is the job of government, he regretted that country holds lowest GDP-to-tax ratio in the region as majority of citizens do not pay taxes.
"This is a harsh fact that has left us behind in the field of education, including India, Sri Lanka and even Bangladesh," he said.
The Governor said scores of NGOs and private organizations,including Baithak School Network and Green Crescent Trust were working for the promotion of education, yet the country lags behind in the field of education, which shows that there was something wrong in the strategy adopted to promote education.
"I personally believe that educating people is the state's responsibility and that is only possible if people pay taxes religiously and let the governments do their job including provision of basic education to its people," he said.
Governor Muhammad Zubair reiterated that besides philanthropy people need to pay taxes so that state could educate its children.
Following the presentation by Sindh Governor guests attending the event, comprising industrialists, businessmen, representatives of local and international companies pledged regular support for children studying at Baithak School Network.
Children attending the event alongwith their parents donated their pocket money.
Material support was also pledged for the students of Baithak School Network, where street children and those whose parents cannot afford to educate them, are given free education along with books, uniforms, educational material and sometimes financial support.
Lauding Baithak School Network for its excellent fund raising strategy, he advised the organizers, especially one of the organizers Azfar Ahsan to form a committee, which would look into the causes of decline in education and suggest ways to improve ratio of school going children.
Swiss Consul General in Karachi Philippe Crevosier said he was introduced to the Baithak School Network by a Swiss company Clariant, which has adopted a Baithak school in Korangi and hoped that more companies would follow suit and adopt more schools run by BSN in Pakistan.
" I am very impressed by this organization and the way the Baithak school children had displayed their skills and confidence in front of such a large audience," he said and hoped that BSN would be able to educate a lot more children in Pakistan.
Chairman, BNS Advisory Board, Syed Jamshaid Ahmed said the Baithak School Network, since 1996, has educated over 200,000 students through its 140 schools scattered across the country.
President Baithak School Network, Nighat Malik said that unlike other private schools, BSN educational centers were not only imparting formal education to the children but were also focused on their grooming as conscientious individuals.
"One of our students even complained about his father, who was involved in criminal activities because he was taught at the school that crime is an anti-social activity and is not for the collective good”," she said.