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Miftah Ismail says Pakistan economy can grow by 10%!

ISLAMABAD: Dr. Miftah Ismail, Adviser to prime minister  on Finance, has claimed here today that the country’s economy had the potential to grow by 10 percent annually.

Miftah Ismail was speaking at a Round Table Conference on ‘Pakistan Paradise for Investment’ held here today. 

Noting that during fiscal year the country was going to achieve 5.8 percent GDP, the adviser  said that  if  economic policies and reforms, introduced by the government in economic and taxation sectors, continued in future, the higher growth target could easily be achieved in years ahead.

Dr. Miftah Ismail stressed on the need of stable governments and stable institutions to ensure the higher GDP growth. 

 

M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.