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Per capita income in Pakistan rises to $846, says PM
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Saturday said that the latest data shows per capita income in the country has risen to US$846 due to the government's prudent economic policies over the last five years. Talking to a delegation of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) led by Mir Shakil-ur-Rehman at the PM House, he said the government intended to provide relief to the common man through a number of measures in the forthcoming budget for 2006-07. He said the government had already taken some bold steps to check domestic prices of sugar and cement. He told the delegation that due to the economic reforms, the country's debt had come down from over 100 percent of GDP in 1999 to less than 60 percent at present. He said the privatisation process of various public sector entities was clear and transparent. Posted by: Fred 2006-05-28 |
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