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Karachi the economic capital of Pakistan. Following the international credit crisis and spikes in crude oil prices, Pakistan's economy could not withstand the pressure, and on 11 October 2008, the State Bank of Pakistan reported that the country's foreign exchange reserves had gone down by $571.9 million to $7,749.7 million. [64]
Pakistan has experienced an economic crisis as part of the 2022 political unrest. It has caused severe economic challenges for months due to which food, gas and oil prices have risen. As of 1 February 2025 Pakistan inflation rate recorded 2.4% lowest in 9 years. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused fuel prices to rise worldwide. Excessive ...
Pakistan's economy in the 1990s suffered from poor governance and low growth as it alternated between the Pakistan Peoples Party under Benazir Bhutto and the Pakistan Muslim League (N) led by Nawaz Sharif. The GDP growth rate sank to 4 percent and Pakistan faced persistent fiscal and external deficits, triggering a debt crisis.
Constant economic pressure and failure of the planned economy led the dismissal from power of Benazir Bhutto in 1996 when she failed to materialize her and the relatively poor economic growth. By the 1996, the economic GDP growth had reached to 1.70% [13] (lowest growth since 1970) and the rate of inflation had risen to 10.79% (highest since 1991).
According to scientific research, climate change played a substantial role in the devastating floods of 2022, which had a direct impact on over 30 million people in Pakistan, resulting in the loss of lives, damage to public infrastructure, and displacement from homes. [19] Climate change poses a significant menace to Pakistan's economy and ...
The National Finance Commission Award or NFC is a series of planned economic programs in Pakistan enacted since 1951. [1] Constituted under the Article 160 of the Constitution, the program was emerged to take control of financial imbalances and equally managed the financial resources to four provinces to meet their expenditure liabilities while alleviating the horizontal fiscal imbalances. [2]
Although Pakistan didn't officially launch a First Five-Year Plan, it embarked on various development initiatives during this period. The key focus areas included agriculture, industries, and infrastructure development. At the time of partition of British India by the United Kingdom, Pakistan was a relatively under-developed country. [6]
In August 2007, Pakistan started exporting cement to India to fill in the shortage there caused by the building boom. [8] Russia is a growing market for Pakistani exporters. In 2009/2010 the export target of Pakistan was US$20 billion. [9] As of April 2015, Pakistan's exports stand at US$29 billion.