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Why invest in Pakistan?
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Invest In Pakistan |
Reason - 1: Geo-strategic Location
Located in the heart of Asia, Pakistan
is the gateway to the energy rich Central Asian States, the
financially liquid Gulf States and the economically advanced Far
Eastern tigers. This strategic advantage alone makes Pakistan a
marketplace teeming with possibilities. |
Reason - 2: Trained Workforce
A large part of the workforce is proficient in English,
hardworking and intelligent. Pakistan possesses a large pool of
trained and experienced engineers, bankers, lawyers and other
professionals with many having substantial international experience. |
Reason - 3:
Economic Outlook
Pakistan is one of the fastest growing
economies of the world having touched a GDP growth rate of 8.4% in
2005. Today Pakistan has over 170 million consumers with an ever
growing middle class. Foreign Direct investment has risen sharply
from an average of $300 million in the 1990s to over $3.7 billion in
2008-09. Fiscal deficit has declined from an average 7% of GDP in
the 1990s to around 3% in recent years. And FOREX reserves have
increased from $3.22 billion in 2000-01 to $11.6 billion in June
2009. |
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Reason - 4: Investment Policies
Current investment policies have been
tailor made to suit investor needs. Pakistan's policy trends have
been consistent, with liberalization, de-regulation, privatisation,
and facilitation being its foremost cornerstones. |
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Reason - 5: Financial
Markets
The capital markets are being
modernized, and reforms have resulted in development of improved
infrastructure in the stock exchanges of the country. The Securities
and Exchange Commission of Pakistan has improved the regulatory
environment of the stock exchanges, corporate bond market and the
leasing sector. Whilst the Federal Board of Revenue has facilitated
structural reform in tax and tariffs and the State Bank of Pakistan
has invigorated the banking sector into high returns on investment.
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::. Economic Indicators
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Fiscal Year (July-June) |
1997-98 |
1998-99 |
1999-00 |
2000-01 |
2001-02 |
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GDP (bn. US$) |
63.3 |
62 |
64 |
66 |
62 |
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GDP sector shares (real) |
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Agriculture |
25.9% |
25.6% |
25.9% |
24.6% |
24.1% |
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Manufacturing |
17.1% |
17.3% |
16.8% |
17.5% |
17.7% |
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Services sector |
48.6% |
49.0% |
49.0% |
50.2% |
50.9% |
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Others |
8.4% |
8.1% |
8.3% |
7.7% |
7.3% |
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GDP growth |
4.3% |
3.2% |
4.8% |
2.6% |
3.6% |
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GDP sector growth |
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Agriculture |
3.8% |
1.9% |
6.4% |
2.6% |
1.4% |
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Manufacturing |
7.9% |
3.7% |
1.4% |
7.1% |
4.4% |
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Services sector |
3.2% |
5% |
4.7% |
4.8% |
5.1% |
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GDP per capita (US$) |
473 |
438 |
446 |
414 |
430 |
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National savings (% of GDP) |
14.7% |
11.7% |
13 .8% |
15.0% |
15.4% |
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Inflation – consumer prices |
7.8% |
5.7% |
3.6% |
4.4% |
2.6% |
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Exports (bn. US$) |
8.6 |
7.8 |
8.6 |
9.2 |
9.12 |
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Exports growth |
3.7% |
-9.8% |
10.2% |
6.98% |
-0.87% |
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Imports (bn. US$) |
10.1 |
9.40 |
10.3 |
10.72 |
10.33 |
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Imports growth |
-14.9% |
-6.8% |
10.9% |
4.08% |
-3.64% |
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Foreign exchange reserves (mn. US$) |
1,737 |
2,371 |
2,150 |
3,220 |
6260 |
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Workers' remittances (mn.US$) |
1,490 |
1,060 |
984 |
1,087 |
2389 |
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Fiscal revenues (bn. Rupees) |
319.2 |
342.5 |
387.7 |
393.91 |
400 |
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Population (mn. persons) |
131.5 |
134.5 |
137.5 |
148.26 |
145.96 |
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Labour force (mn. persons) |
37.7 |
38.6 |
39.4 |
40.69 |
41.54 |
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