Personally I'm not much worried about RAM usage as that jumps from idle 17% to 22% with Chrome opened with 2 tabs, jumps upto 31% with few more tabs on 32GB RAM.
But disk space is quite high in my opinion. My User Data file is at 9.3GB. I don't even have the 4GB AI file that's recently making headlines.
Is this normal?
The common narrative in Pakistan is that the country struggles because people do not pay their taxes. However, the real issue is often what happens to that money once it leaves the citizens' pockets. In early 2026, the Federal Board of Revenue reported collecting over 8 trillion rupees, yet the government still faced a massive shortfall against its targets. This highlights a "leaking bucket" problem: even when tax collection hits record highs, the money is often swallowed by debt servicing, inefficient state-owned enterprises, and elite privileges before it can ever reach the public in the form of services or relief.
The average Pakistani feels this disconnect most through the rising cost of living. Because the government cannot efficiently collect direct taxes from powerful sectors like big agriculture or real estate, it relies heavily on indirect taxes. This means that a massive portion of the national revenue comes from taxes on fuel, electricity, and basic goods. When you pay more for a liter of petrol or a unit of electricity, you aren't just paying for the resource; you are paying to cover the circular debt and the mismanagement of those in charge. Even with inflation sitting around 8 percent and interest rates rising, the burden of fixing the economy is placed on the salaried class and the poor through these "hidden" taxes.
Ultimately, no amount of tax collection can stabilize Pakistan if the expenditure side of the budget remains broken. Currently, billions of rupees are diverted to bail out failing government institutions and maintain perks for the ruling class. When the public sees taxes going up while hospitals, schools, and roads continue to crumble, it creates a crisis of trust. The problem is not just a lack of money in the treasury; it is a system where the money that does make it there is treated as a fund for the powerful rather than a trust for the people. Until the "leakages" of corruption and waste are plugged, increasing taxes only serves to make the public poorer without making the state any stronger.