Pakistan logs 6% growth in FY22, economy's size jumps to $383 billion

Fueled by imports and consumption, Pakistan’s econom­ic growth rate accelerated to 6 per cent during the last year of Imran Khan’s government  — the highest pace in four years — helping to increase the size of the nation’s economy to $383 billion besides jacking up per-capita income.

The provisional GDP grow­th rate for the year 2021-22 is estimated at 5.97 per cent, ann­ounced the Planning Ministry after a meeting of the National Accounts Committee. The bro­ad-based growth was witness­ed in all the sectors of the eco­nomy, it added. The GDP is the monetary value of all goods and services produced in