Economic Growth | MCQs

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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif launched the ‘Uraan Pakistan, Homegrown National Economic Plan’ outlining the National Economic Transformation Plan for 2024-29.

Launched on 31 December 2024.

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In Pakistan, manufacturing sector contributes 12.79 percent to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and the sector employs 16.1 percent of the country's labor force.

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"Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) is an autonomous institution of the Government of Pakistan under Ministry of Industries and Production

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We generally use about with concerned.

About is a preposition here.

Concerned about something means کسی کے بارے میں فکرمند ہونا

He is very concerned about the economy. 

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The Fifth Five-Year Plan (1978–83) was an attempt to stabilise the economy and improve the standard of living of the poorest segment of the population.

Increased defense expenditures and a flood of refugees to Pakistan after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979, as well as the sharp increase in international oil prices in 1979-80, drew resources away from planned investments .

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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on 31 October 2022 announced a special package of Rs 1,800 billion to promote the agriculture sector. 

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 Pakistan is the second-highest economic growth recorded in the last three years of the incumbent government. As a result of the rebasing exercise, the growth rate improved from the earlier estimate of 3.94pc to 5.4pc, while the size of the economy rose to $346.76 billion from the provisional estimate of $296 billion, according to the National Accounts Committee, which approved these figures on January 20, 2022.