Important information about Pakistan economy
By Mehmood-Ul-Hassan Khan
Economic Survey 2009-2010 was presented on Friday by the Advisor to the Prime Minister, Dr Hafeez Shaikh. It revealed mixed macroeconomic conditions for the current year. The GDP growth was projected at 4.1 per cent, higher than the targeted growth rate of 3.3 per cent.Read More »Economic Survey 2009-2010: an overview
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ISLAMABAD: Wedged in by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) demands for fiscal austerity, the government has presented a budget that may fail to please both voters hit by tax hikes and investors wary about its optimistic economic forecasts. Read More »New budget highlights Pakistan’s ‘survival mode’
SALIENT FEATURES
Total outlay of the national budget for new fiscal year 2010-11, presented at the National Assembly here Saturday is to the tune of Rs 2764 billion, 12.3 percent higher than the size of the budget estimates for outgoing fiscal 2009-10.Following are cardinal features of the national budget for FY 2010-11:
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The factors responsible for the reduction in water supply include increase in population, climate change, lack of construction of water reservoirs, and misplaced use
of the Jhelum and Chenab rivers by India under the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) of 1960
Read More »The water crisis and its implications for Pakistan