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I think that you forgot to include the mega impact of US elections' result in your scenarios.

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Oct 29·edited Oct 29

Future is dark and bleak as:

1- Tax to GDP ratio is not increasing , ideally it should be around 15%

2- Growth is not happening at satisfactory pace , it should be at least 6% to 7%

3- Population increase is still more than 2% which should be less than 1%

4- non combat military expenditure is not decreasing

5- Government current expenditure and development programs are not shrinking, I think that the government can be run in less than 50% of current operational cost.

6- Exports and FDI completely stagnant

7- imports bill being controlled administratively and is not organic based on market demand.

8- Restructuring of debts with bilateral and multilateral lenders not happening

9- luxury imports not decreasing

10- PSDP still up and running , it should be abolished

11- transfer of ministries from federal to provinces under NFC award , also not happening

After above all , can some one enlighten that what exactly is going in right in Pakistan ?

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Great! Very informative and cautiously optimist unlike the usual gloom and doom. Pakistan needs it!

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It is a state of dynamic equilibrium now

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