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  1. Bhurki

    Pakistan Economy: News & Discussion

    Russia and china may exert tight control over its media, but pakistan isn't capable of propoganda on this scale. Deaths are visible. But again, there's little point to debate about this.
  2. Bhurki

    Pakistan Economy: News & Discussion

    Cases didnt drop in a single day. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/pakistan/ It was outright pandemic in mid june, but since then localised lockdowns in cities and monitoring of traffic between rural/urban areas has lead to gradual decrease in total cases. A positive ratio of...
  3. Bhurki

    Pakistan Economy: News & Discussion

    Pakistan Armed Forces defence budget up by 11.9% amid tensions with India https://tribune.com.pk/story/2241435/1-defence-budget-11-9-amid-tensions-india/?amp=1 The budget document shows that the defence outlay for 2020-21 would be Rs1,289 billion as compared to Rs1,152 billion earmarked for the...
  4. Bhurki

    Pakistan Economy: News & Discussion

    Pakistan’s debt, liabilities close to GDP size KARACHI: Pakistan’s total debt and liabilities in the third quarter of fiscal year 2020 climbed to a whopping Rs42.8 trillion, according to data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Tuesday. This is a 21.9pc rise when compared to the...
  5. Bhurki

    Pakistan Economy: News & Discussion

    Pakistan Federal debt Level Fy15- Pkr 18.9 trn (68.9% of gdp) Fy16- Pkr 21.5 trn (74.1% of gdp) Fy17- Pkr 24.0 trn (75.1% of gdp) Fy18- Pkr 28.4 trn (82.1% of gdp) Fy19- Pkr 37.7 trn (97.9% of gdp) Fy20- Pkr 42.8 trn (98.2% of gdp) -State Bank of Pakistan (3rd quarter numbers are presented for...
  6. Bhurki

    Pakistan Economy: News & Discussion

    Pakistan national debt has reached a staggering Pkr 42.8 trillion (98.6% of Gdp) FY20
  7. Bhurki

    Pakistan Economy: News & Discussion

    https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/585754-current-account-deficit-shrinks-73pc-in-july-nov Current account deficit shrinks 73pc in July-Nov https://www.urdupoint.com/en/business/fbr-achieves-94-of-revenue-collection-target-800247.html FBR Achieves 94% Of Revenue Collection Targets, Realizes...
  8. Bhurki

    Pakistan Economy: News & Discussion

    The world runs on these fake figures. These are what are used to assess conditions. Also, i never said the economy is good, i said that the figures have been maintained, there's a huge difference.
  9. Bhurki

    Pakistan Economy: News & Discussion

    Calm you horses, dont put info in the wrong thread !
  10. Bhurki

    Pakistan Economy: News & Discussion

    Not really, the tax collection agencies are on a hunt and the collection is actually rather good if look at FBR, but they've taken the wrong steps that'll hurt the economy in long run. For instance- https://www.dawn.com/news/1524826 Pakistan’s debt falls to 84.7pc of GDP: IMF...
  11. Bhurki

    Pakistan Economy: News & Discussion

    https://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1828761&page=101&amp=1 Roadways - M1, M4 motorways are being completely revamped including regional connections. Railways - Major works are slated on 4 of the ML(1-3) and other connection lines. Energy - See early harvest + mid term projects on...
  12. Bhurki

    Pakistan Economy: News & Discussion

    https://tribune.com.pk/story/2123771/2-imf-cuts-fbrs-tax-target-rs5-23-trillion/?amp=1 IMF cuts FBR’s tax target to Rs5.23 trillion
  13. Bhurki

    Pakistan Economy: News & Discussion

    Say whatever you will, It is revitalizing major infra including railway lines of over 3000 km, installed capacity of over 20GW and expressways of over 5000 km and therefore would want to get its costs out.
  14. Bhurki

    Pakistan Economy: News & Discussion

    China can ensure security of its trade much better when it goes over its own territory, rather than stay at the whim of other countries. Cpec will obviously not replace sea transport but in case of a blockade in south china sea or malacca strait, it'll atleast give them a strong lifeline. I...
  15. Bhurki

    Pakistan Economy: News & Discussion

    China For trading with africa and europe without going through choke points like malacca strait or SEA which could be blocked in the future Also its about 10,000 km shorter route. All thanks to India losing control of Gilgit Baltistan in 1950.
  16. Bhurki

    Pakistan Economy: News & Discussion

    Yeah i did the calculation for primary revenue on the last page but reports like these claiming stupid valuations just threw me off. https://amp.thenational.ae/business/pakistan-s-500bn-gold-mine-kept-under-wraps-1.606927...
  17. Bhurki

    Pakistan Economy: News & Discussion

    Not really.. Just interested to see UN enforcement..
  18. Bhurki

    Pakistan Economy: News & Discussion

    I know there will be attempts to bypass a direct payout, but is there a specific time before which they are obliged to pay?
  19. Bhurki

    Pakistan Economy: News & Discussion

    I read a news article quoting $500B of total reserves. I didn't believe it but wonder where that came from.. And balochistan share was 25%, so income would be higher. Also secondary effects in industries like transport, processing etc would spur a line of items contributing to gdp of quite a...
  20. Bhurki

    Pakistan Economy: News & Discussion

    https://tribune.com.pk/story/2087309/2-pakistan-unlikely-meet-debt-reduction-targets/?amp=1 Pakistan unlikely to meet debt reduction targets Total public debt stood at 80.4% of GDP by the end of June 2019, which the government wants to cut to 66.5% by 2024. The share of domestic debt in the...
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