Fourth-quarter growth slows to 2%

The Express Tribune • Oct 20, 2026

Industry contracts 4.7%, govt approves $14.8b import data revision to fill gap

Pakistan's economic growth rate slowed to 2% during the last quarter of the previous fiscal year due to a contraction in the industrial sector, as the economy struggled to cope with continued fiscal stabilisation coupled with the impact of the Middle East conflict. A year after The Express Tribune reported the $11 billion trade data discrepancy, the government also on Monday approved a revision of import data for fi...