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INTRODUCTIONThe Pakistan government has been under severe pressure from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and International Intellectual Property Alliance to tighten its anti-piracy regime. In 2000, IIPA recommended Pakistan to be placed on the watch list of major violators of international intellectual property legislation. According to IIPA, Pakistani copyright law is TRIPS-incompatible. The Alliance called for a TRIPS-compatible draft that should take into account new technologies including implementation of provisions of WIPO treaties like WCT and WPPT.

The Federal budget 2006-2007 presented in the National Assembly is totaled at PKR 1315 billion. This is 19.7% higher than the Federal Budget 2005-2006. For FY06, the revised fiscal deficit was PKR 328 billon. This is expected to increase to about PKR 394 billion in FY07. This, it is estimated will approximate 4.5 percent of the GDP. It is assumed that the government will achieve a growth rate target of 7 percent and inflation target of 6.5 percent during FY 2006 – 2007.