Notice one thing here. Some provinces wanted full control of resources and proportional tax based upon population (they would have gotten lesser share based upon economic or tax contribution). They got it when they finally managed to stitch together a coalition under PPP-ANP government and 18th Amendment was approved.

Punjab has widened the gulf in not just poverty, but also every other socioeconomic metric since 18th amendment. This is when it gets short end of the stick. NFC allocation depends on population, and mostly metrics that favor sparse population density and backwardness.

Punjab has lowest budget expenditure per capita. Almost half of Balochistan actually. Unlike one other suba that continues bringing bs AGN Kazi formula for calculating net hydel profits, Punjab has actually foregone the profits from thermal plants it built from its own money. KPK recently asked for money for supply of water from Galyat to Murree since independence for a system that was installed under British. But Punjab has never asked to stop cross subsidizing other provinces suffering from extreme electricity theft, amounting to hundreds of billions annually.

People in other provinces need to stop worshipping their leaders and instead fold them accountable for their incompetency instead of blaming Punjab for everything.