Pakistan to post 7pc growth
Afp, Islamabad
Pakistan's economy is set to post robust growth of 7.02 percent in the fiscal year to the end of June, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said Monday. The figure compares with 6.61 percent last year and is due to growth in agriculture, services and large-scale manufacturing in the Islamic republic of 160 million people, he said. "This is, mashallah (thank God), very robust growth as compared to the last year and this is the result of the government's economic policies," Aziz told reporters. "Our target was 7.0 percent so this is slightly above that, and it is further going to increase after revision," added Aziz, a former finance minister and Citibank executive. "We are heading in the right direction."
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