Economy of Pakistan
Economy of Pakistan
Economy of Pakistan
Fiscal Development
o Fiscal Deficit: 3.8 % (July-March 2014-15)
o Fiscal /Budget Deficit 5% of GDP (FY 2014-15
o Trade deficit: 0.7%
o Foreign Ex. reserves(of country): $ 17.739 billion, +ve change of 25%
o Total Revenue grew by 8.3% and reached Rs. 2682.6 billion
o Total tax collection Rs. 2063.2 billion, growth rate of 15.5 %
o FBR collected Rs. 1972.4 billion with a growth rate of 13% (GST on Petroleum
27%, 2% withholding tax on non filers)
o Total Expenditure Rs. 3731.6 billion against Rs. 3446.2 billion
o Current Expenditure grew by 10.1% and reached Rs. 3199.1 billion
o Dev expenditure and net lending grew by 6.9% and reached Rs. 594 bill
o PSDP grew by 27.1% and reached Rs. 499.4 billion
o Decline in current subsidies from Rs. 201.8 billion to Rs. 185.9 billion
Capital Market:
o 27 % return for investors (31 % return in terms of US $)
o Gained 6870 points till 32131 level
o Auto sector top performer with market capital increase by 133 %
o Domestic Sukuk : Rs. 26 billion
o International Sukuk : $ 1 billion
o TFCs : Rs. 6 billion
o Mutual Fund Industry stood at Rs. 510.920 increase of 14%
o Portfolio of National Saving (NSS) Rs. 2938920.21 million constituting 25 %
share of overall domestic debt of GOP.
Education
o Literacy Rate 58 % as compared to 60 % last year
o LR in urban and rural areas 74% and 49 % respectively
o LR for men and women 81 % and 66% respectively
o Province wise LR for Punjab 61%, Sindh 56%, KPK 53%, Balochistan 43%
o Increase in enrollment by 2.4% reached 42.1 million
Health
o Expenditure on health 0.4 % of GDP Rs. 114.2 billion
o Calories intake per day per person increased from 2484 to 2490 0.24 % increase
o Medical Facility ratio: 1073 persons / doctor, 12447 persons / dentist, one hospital
bed for 1593 persons
o 1142 hospitals, 5499 dispensaries, 5438 BHU, 669 RHCs, 118041 beds in
hospitals.
Energy
o Last year govt retired circular debt of Rs 480 billion, now again circular amounts
Rs. 250 billions including current payments
o Turkmanistan-Afghanistan, Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline ($10-12) will be
materialized till 2017 will provide 1.3 billion cubic feet gas to Pakistan
o Jamshoro Power project will be complete in 2018 with 1300 MW.
Allocation of 4.5% of GDP to social safety Nets through BISP, PPAF, RSPNs, Pakistan
Bait-ul-Mal
Public Debt 61.8% of GDP Rs. 16936 billion, increase of 940 billion from prev
EDL stock $ 62.6 billion out of which external public debt $ 49.1 billion
Three main drivers of economic growth are consumption, investment and export
Inflation: 4.8 %, Food and Non Food Inflation 3.6% and 5.7 % respectively
Current Account deficit: $ 1.364 billion (.06% of GDP), 53.5 % less than prev
If Poverty line= $2 per day then 60.19% Population fall below poverty line in Pakistan.
In china 29.7%, India 68.7% and Bangladesh 76.5% of population is below poverty line.
Budget 2015-16
Taxation
o Capital gain Tax 15 % and 12.5 % for securities held for 1 year and 2 years
respectively and 7.5 % for holding securities for 2-4 years
o For commission agents/non filers increased to 3 % against 2 %
o Adjustable Advance income tax on banking instruments 0.3 % (Cheques)
o Income tax for banking companies income @ 35%
o For dividend income 12.5%, for non filers 17.5%, for mutual funds 10 %
o Adjustable adnace income tax @ 0.1% for each transaction at PMEX
Reduction in maximum tariff slab from 25 % to 20% and reduction in number of slabs
from 6 to 5
Powers of FBR to issue exemptions are withdrawn and subjected to circulars through
parliament
Construction
o Markup on housing credit be deductable to income upto 50 % of taxable income
or Rs. 1 million
o Sales tax on bricks and crushed stones is exempted for 3 years.
o Custom duty on import of construction machinery is reduced from 30% to 20%
o Tax/mport duty exemption for solar panels
Agriculture
o Income Tax holiday of 3 years for agri supply chain if set upto 2016
o Tax exemption for halal food manufacturers for four years if set upto 2016
o Reduction of sales tax from 17 to 7%, withholding tax to 0%, and import duty to 2
% o n import or local supply of agril machinery
o Income Tax reduction for rice mills to minimum level
o Interest free loansof Rs. 1.1 million for solar tubewells against deposit of Rs.
100000
NFC Composition: Punjab 51.74%, Sindh 24.55%, KPK 14.62 %, Baluchistan 9.09 %
Income tax holiday for all manufacturing units set up in KPK upto 2018
7.5% adhoc relief allowance on running basic pay, merging of previous adhoc relief
allowances to basic pay, medical allowance increased to 25 %. 7.5% increase in pension
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