Tag: Gdp

Pakistan missing GDP growth target this year: SBP official

  Pakistan will not be able to meet the GDP growth target of 5.5 per cent this year due to the decline in cotton exports,...

The government’s business

It’s not being in business The airline which once soared high, was the pride of the nation and its pioneers help set up other airlines...

Pakistan’s GDP to expand by 4.5pc, says ADB

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has said the economic outlook for South Asia remains strong, with growth on track to meet the projections of...

The peculiar case of taxation

And Pakistan’s present predicament   International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) ninth review was successfully completed some days ago. We missed targets to the two key quantitative performance...

Pakistan’s GDP growth to remain below 5 per cent, says WB

WB report says current account deficit narrowed to $2.6b in FY2014/15 compared to $3.1b in the previous year, a result of record high remittances...

IMF report expects Pakistan GDP to grow by 4.5%

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday said that Pakistan’s GDP is expected to grow by 4.5 per cent this year. The Pakistani government has...

Good bye tax concessions, it’s time for development

The government will announce its third federal budget on Friday which focuses more on ending tax exemptions, tapping the available revenue resources and spending heavily on infrastructure and energy projects during the next financial year 2015-16.

LUMS holds dialogue on ‘Pakistan MDGs status and Post 2015 Development...

Speakers ask govt to spend more GDP to achieve MDGs

Even modest GDP bounce may support market

Even if data next week shows a mediocre rebound in US economic growth, that might be enough to keep the stock market aloft at...

WB projects 4 percent GDP growth for Pakistan in FY 14

ISLAMABAD The World Bank (WB) has projected 4 per cent growth in Pakistan's Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) during the fiscal year 2013-14 as the...

ADB forecasts 3.4 per cent GDP growth in Pakistan

Report says Pakistan’s economy showing signs of recovery in 2014 due to govt’s reforms and stabilisation The Asian Development Bank has forecasted moderate GDP growth...

Country records 5% growth in GDP, 17% in revenue, says Dar

The financially beleaguered Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has claimed that the country has recorded at least five per cent growth in Gross Domestic Product...

Should tax/GDP ratio be our top priority?

Decades of fund involvement has changed the economic narrative permanently in Pakistan. Before IMF involvement we used to talk of growth and investment; now...

GDP to go up if trade with India normalised: experts

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Pakistan could be at least 1.5 percent higher than the expected growth by 2014-15 if trade with India...

Pakistan misses most targets for economic growth

Pakistan’s economy grew only 3.6% with Rs 341.2 billion being added to the nation’s economy during this year, according to the data available. The National...

China GDP growth seen 7.7-7.8% in 2012 : govt researcher

Fan Jianping, chief economist at the State Information Centre, a prominent government think tank, said China’s economy would grow 7.6-7.8 percent in the July-September...

Five kidnapped employees of GDP recovered

Five employees including officers of Governor Development Program (GDP) were recovered from the clutches of kidnappers after five-month captivity. According to media reports, five employees...