INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
to record its fastest growth since 2005 during the current fiscal year, authorities said Thursday.But the projected 5.8 percent growth rate
means the government will still miss its six percent target."We would have achieved 6.1 percent without political turmoil," Minister for
Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal said while launching the Pakistan Economic Survey 2017-2018.The country was rocked last July when Nawaz
Sharif was ousted from the premiership over graft allegations.Pakistan, for years plagued by a bloody homegrown Taliban insurgency, has been
battling to get its shaky economy back on track and solve a chronic energy crisis that cripples its industry.But now confidence in South
emerged from crisis after completing a bailout programme, though it still faces major challenges.The growth in GDP comes amid structural
its western province of Xinjiang to the Arabian Sea via Pakistan.
