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Govt focused on export-led sustainable growth, private sector facilitation: finance minister

Pakistan Published 24 October 2026, 20:31 · archived 24 Oct 2026

Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Saturday structural reforms were under way to stabilise Pakistan’s economy, with the government focusing on export-led sustainable growth, improving the tax system, reducing energy costs, and encouraging the private sector. He said IT exports were expected to reach $5.5 billion and remittances $44 billion during the current fiscal year, while the country’s foreign exchange reserves were sufficient to cover more than three months of imports. Addressing a ceremony at a private university in Lahore on Saturday, the finance minist...

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