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According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics data released on May 2, 2022. The inflation climbed to _____ per cent in April 2022.
A. 12.2pc
B. 12.7pc
C. 13.4pc
D. 25.9pc
State Bank Of Pakistan Governor Reza Baqir retired on __________?
A. May 2
B. May 3
C. May 4
D May 5
Who is the Current (May 2022) Attorney General of Pakistan?
A. Ashtar Ausaf Ali
B. Anwar Mansoor
C. Khalid Javed Khan
D. Salman Aslam Butt
Which district topped the list with the highest number of child abuse cases in 2021?
A. Kasur
B. Rawalpindi
C. Islamabad
D. Karachi
Which organization listed Pakistan among ‘drought hit’ countries?
A. FATF
B. IMF
C. UNO
D. World Bank
When FM Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari made his first visit to the USA as Foreign Minister of Pakistan?
A. 16 May 2022
B. 18 May 2022
C. 22 May 2022
D. 28 May 2022
Who represented Pakistan in a food security meeting at the UN headquarters in New York on May 18, 2022?
A. PM Shehbaz Sharif
B. FM Bilawal Bhutto
C. President Arif Alivi
D. None of the Above
Bilawal Bhutto made his first visit to China as Foreign Minister of Pakistan on:
A. 21 May 2022
B. 17 May 2022
C. 19 May 2022
D. 14 May 2022
Who is the Current (May 2022) IG of the Islamabad police?
A. Ahsan Younis
B. Qazi Jamilur Rehman
C. Syed Kaleem Imam
D. Dr. Akbar Nasir Khan
Which Pakistani Chief Justice has been named among Time Magazine`s most influential figures on May 23, 2022?
A. Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan
B. Justice Umar Ata Bandial
C. Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail
D. Justice Mian Saqib Nisar
What is the rank of Pakistan in RSF’s 2022 World Press Freedom Index?
A. 140th
B. 146th
C. 150th
D. 157th
When National Assembly pass a bill abolishing the use of EVMs in elections?
A. May 10th 2022
B. May 4th 2021
C. May 26th 2022
D. May 15th 2022
The Government of Pakistan on May 26, 2022, increased the prices of all petroleum products by Rs ____ per litre.
A. Rs10
B. Rs20
C. Rs30
D. Rs50
When did Chief Minister Balochistan survived a no-confidence motion?
A. May 24 2022
B. May 26 2022
C. May 28 2022
D. May 30 2022
In a televised address to the nation on May 27, 2022, PM Shehbaz Sharif announced a relief package worth:
A. Rs22 billion
B. Rs24 billion
C. Rs26 billion
D. Rs28 billion
When local government elections held in 32 out of 34 districts of Balochistan?
A. May 26, 2022
B. May 27, 2022
C. May 28, 2022
D. May 29, 2022
When did Peshawar Zalmi former captain and Current (May 2022) head coach Daren Sammy receive ‘Sitara-e-Pakistan’?
A. May 14th 2022
B. May 21th 2022
C. May 25th 2022
D. May 30th 2022
The new Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif paid his first visit Turkey since assuming office on:
A. 28th May 2022
B. 29th May 2022
C. 30th May 2022
D. 31st May 2022
Who is the Current (May 2022) Foreign Minister of Pakistan?
A. Nafees Zakaria
B. Hina Rabbani Khar
C. Shah Mehmood
D. Sartaj Aziz(more…)
Raja Pervaiz Ashraf sworn in as________Speaker of National Assembly on 16th April 2022?
A. 21st
B. 22nd
C. 23rd
D. None of these
Deputy Speaker National assembly of Pakistan Qasim Suri Resigned on _________ 2022 ?
A. 10 April
B. 11 April
C. 16 April
D. Non
Who is the Current (May 2022) Minister of state for petroleum?
A. Maqbool Siddiqui
B. Nadeem Babar
C. Musadik Malik
D. Ashraf Mahmood Wathra
Who is the Current (May 2022) 2022 Director-General of the Federal Investigation Agency (DG FIA)?
A. Bashir Memon
B. Sanaullah Abbasi
C. Muhammad Tahir Rai
D. Ghalib Ali Bandesha
The Ganges Water Treaty is signed between ____________?
A. Pakistan and India
B. Bangladesh and India
C. India and Nepal
D. Sri Landa and India
Which strait separates India from Sri Lanka?
A. Strait of Hormuz
B. Malacca Strait
C. The Palk Strait
D. Strait of Malaika(more…)
Who is the Current (May 2022) 2022 Federal Minister for Water Resources?
A. Syed Khurseed Ahmad Shah
B. Monis Elahi
C. Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar
D. Shafqat Mahmood (more…)
Who is the Current (May 2022) 2022 Federal Minister for Aviation Division?
A. Ijaz Ahmad Shah
B. Chaudhary Tariq Bashir Cheema
C. Khawaja Saad Rafique
D. Ghulam Sarwar Khan (more…)
Who is the Current (May 2022) 2022 Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives in Pakistan?
A. Ahsan Iqbal
B. Asad Umar
C. Ijaz Ahmed Shah
D. Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed (more…)
Who is the Current (May 2022) 2022 Federal Minister for Housing and Works?
A. Mian Riaz Pirzada
B. Tariq Bashir Cheema
C. Maulana Abdul Wasay
D. Murad Saeed(more…)
Who is the Current (May 2022) 2022 Interior Minister of Pakistan?
A. Shafqat Mahmood
B. Rana Sanaullah
C. Ijaz Ahmed Shah
D. Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed (more…)
Who is the Current (May 2022) 2022 Federal Minister of Defence?
A. Fahmida Mirza
B. Khawaja Muhammad Asif
C. Ahsan Iqbal
D. Pervez Khattak
Who is the Current (May 2022) 2022 Finance Minister of Pakistan?
A. Miftah Ismail
B. Mr. Asad Umer
C. Shaukat Tarin
D. Abdul Hafeez Sheikh (more…)
Who is the Current (May 2022) 2022 Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan?
A. Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
B. Qasim Suri
C. Zahid Akram Durrani
D. Asad Qaisar (more…)
Who took the oath of the newly Govt federal ministers and ministers of state of Pakistan?
A. Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
B. Sadiq Sanjrani
C. Qamar Javed Bajwa
D. Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif (more…)
What is the theme of Earth Day in 2022?
A. Save the Earth
B. Invest in Our Planet
C. Restore our Earth
D. Harmony with Nature and Biodiversity (more…)
Who is the Current (May 2022) 2022 Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan?
A. Asad Qaisar
B. Azam Nazeer Tarar
C. Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
D. Assad Mehmood (more…)
The SDGs were set up in ______ by the United Nations.
A. 2010
B. 2015
C. 2018
D. 2020 (more…)
Who is the Current (May 2022) 2022 Governor of Punjab Province?
A. Muhammad Sarwar
B. Chaudhry Sarwar
C. Omer Sarfraz Cheema
D. Malik Rafiq Rajwana (more…)
Who administered oath to PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari as a federal minister?
A. President Arif Alvi
B. Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani
C. CJP Umar Ata Bandial
D. None of thes
Who is the Current (May 2022) Chairman of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)?
A. Muhammad Javed Ghani
B. Syed Shabbar Zaidi
C. Asim Ahmad
D. Dr Ashfaq Ahmed
Who is the Current (May 2022) Foreign Minister of Pakistan?
A. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
B. Khawaja Asif
C. Shah Mehmood Qureshi
D. None of these
Who is the Current (May 2022) Federal Minister of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development?
A. Israr tareen
B. Sajid Hussain Turi
C. Asad mahmod
D. None of these
Who is the Current (May 2022) Federal Minister of Communication?
A. Asad Mehmod
B. Israr tareen
C. Abdul Wasay
D. None of these
Who is the Current (May 2022) Federal Minister of National Food Security?
A. Mr. Miftah Ismail
B. Tariq Bashir Cheema
C. Khowaja saad Rafiq
D. None of these
Who is the Current (May 2022) Federal Minister of Education and Professional Training?
A. Sherry Rehman
B. Rana Tanveer Hussain
C. Syed Khurshid shah
D. Rana Sanaullah
Who is the Current (May 2022) Federal Minister of Commerce?
A. Sajid Hussain turi
B. Ehsan ur Rehman mazarri
C. Syed Naveed Qamar
D. None of these
Who is the Current (May 2022) Federal Minister for Water Resources?
A. Syed Khurseed Ahmad Shah
B. Monis Elahi
C. Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar
D. Shafqat Mahmoo
Who is the Current (May 2022) Chairman of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Authority (CPECA)?
A. Asim Bajwa
B. Chaudhry Salik Hussain
C. Khalid Mansoor
D. None of these
Who is the Current (May 2022) Federal Minister for Housing and Works?
A. Mian Riaz Pirzada
B. Tariq Bashir Cheema
C. Muhammad Ali Khan
D. Maulana Abdul Wasa
Who is the Current (May 2022) Federal Minister of Law and Justice?
A. Mohammad Farogh Naseem
B. Chaudhry Mahmood Bashir Virk
C. Azam Nazeer Tarar
D. Khurram Dastgir khan
Who is the Current (May 2022) Defence Minister of Pakistan?
A. Khurram Dastgir Khan
B. Khawaja Asif
C. Rana Tanveer Hussain
D. Pervez Khattak
Who is Current (May 2022) Federal Minister of Industries & Production?
A. Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar
B. Hammad Azhar
C. Syed Murtaza Mahmud
D. None of these
Who is the Current (May 2022) Federal Minister of Science and Technology?
A. Agha Hassan Baloch
B. Syed Shibli Faraz
C. Fawad Chaudry
D. None of these
Who is the Current (May 2022) Finance Minister of Pakistan?
A. Shaukat Fayyaz Ahmed Tarin
B. Miftah Ismail
C. Hammad Azhar
D. Abdul hafeez Sheikh
Who is the Current (May 2022) Federal Minister of Information Broadcasting and National Heritage?
A. Lt Gen (Rtd) Asim Saleem Bajwa
B. Fawad Chaudhry
C. Marriyum Aurangzeb
D. None of these
Thr First Interior Minister of Pakistan was?
A. Fahmeeda Mirza
B. Ghulam Muhammad
C. Fazlur Rehman
D. Benazir Bhutto
Who is the Current (May 2022) Federal Minister for Narcotics Control?
A. Fawad Chaudhry
B. Ijaz Shah
C. Shahzain Bugti
D. Mr shehryar Afridi
Who is the Current (May 2022) Director General of Federal Investigation Agency (DG FIA)?
A. Muhammad Tahir Rai
B. Sanaullah Abbasi
C. Wajid Zia
D. None of these
Who is the Current (May 2022) Federal Minister of State and Frontier Region (Safron)?
A. Ch. Tariq Bashir Cheema
B. Muhammad Talha Mahmood
C. Sahibzada M. Mehboob Sultan
D. Ghulam Sarwar Khan
Who is the Current (May 2022) Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Pakistan?
A. Nafees Zakaria
B. Hina Rabbani Khar
C. Shah Mehmood Qureshi
D. None of these
Who is the Current (May 2022) Interior Minister of Pakistan?
A. Rana Sanaullah
B. Shafqat Mahmood
C. Ijaz Ahmed Shah
D. Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed
Who is the Current (May 2022) Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives in Pakistan?
A. Ahsan Iqbal
B. Asad Umar
C. Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar
D. Pervez Khattak
Who is the Current (May 2022) Federal Minister for Climate Change?
A. Saqqal Gondal
B. Sherry Rehman
C. Shirin Mizari
D. Zartaj Gul
Who is the Current (May 2022) Federal Minister for Aviation?
A. Fawad chaudhry
B. Ghulam Sarwar
C. Khawaja Saad Rafique
D. None of these
Who is the Current (May 2022) Federal Minister of Defence Production?
A. Shireen Mazari
B. Zubaida Jalal
C. Mr. Muhammad Israr Tareen
D. Shafqat Mahmood
Who is the Current (May 2022) Federal Minister of Inter Provincial Coordination?
A. Shireen Mazari
B. Ehsan Ur Rehman Mazari
C. Fahmida Mirza
D. Shafqat Mahmood
Who is the Current (May 2022) Advisor to Prime Minister on Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Affairs?
A. Dr Ishrat Hussain
B. Amin Aslam
C. Qamar Zaman Kaira
D. Ghulam Sarwar Khan
Who is the Current (May 2022) Federal Minister for Poverty Alleviation and Social Security?
A. Dr. Sania Nishtar
B. Shazia Atta Marri
C. Dr. Shamshad Akhtar
D. None of these
Who is the Current (May 2022) Federal Minister of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony?
A. Mufti Abdul Shakoor
B. Noor-ul-Haq Qadri
C. Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar
D. None of these
Who is the Current (May 2022) Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs ? formerly known as the Ministry of Ports and Shipping?
A. Syed Ali Haider Zaidi
B. Ali Akbar
C. Syed Faisal Ali Subzwari
D. Zubida jalal
Who is the Current (May 2022) Federal Minister of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination?
A. Fawad Chaudhry
B. Dr. Faisal Sultan
C. Abdul Qadir Patel
D. Khawaja Saad Rafique
Who is the Current (May 2022) State Minister of Power Division?
A. Hammad Azhar
B. Muhammad Hashim Notezai
C. Umer Ayoob khan
D. None of these
Who is the Current (May 2022) Federal Minister of Railways?
A. Shiekh Rashid Ahmed
B. Mr. Pervaiz Rashid
C. Azam Khan Swati
D. Khawaja Saad Rafique
Who is the Current (May 2022) Federal Minister of Parliamentary Affairs?
A. Noor-ul-Haq Qadri
B. Babar Awan
C. Murtaza Javed Abbasi
D. Ali Muhammad Khan
Who is the Current (May 2022) President of Pakistan?
A. Mamnoon Hussain
B. Dr. Arif Alvi
C. Fazlur Rehman
D. Aitzaz Ahsan
Who is the Current (May 2022) Federal Minister for Housing and Works?
A. Mian Riaz Pirzada
B. Tariq Bashir Cheema
C. Maulana Abdul Wasay
D. Murad Saeed
Who is the Current (May 2022) Federal Minister for Aviation Division?
A. Ijaz Ahmad Shah
B. Khawaja Saad Rafique
C. Ghulam Sarwar Khan
D. Chaudhary Tariq Bashir Cheema
Who is the Current (May 2022) National Security Adviser of Pakistan?
A. Amin Aslam
B. Abdul Razaq Dawod
C. Moeed Yusuf
D. None of thes
Who is the Current (May 2022) Chief Minister of PUNJAB?
A. Raja Farooq Haider
B. Sardar Usman Buzdar
C. Hamza Shahbaz Sharif
D. None of these
Who is the Current (May 2022) Prime Minister of AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR?
A. Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan Niazi
B. Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan
C. Sardar Tanveer Ilyas
D. Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan
Sardar Tanveer Ilyas was sworn in as the _________ Prime Minister of AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR??
A. 13th
B. 14th
C. 12th
D. None of these
Current (May 2022) Minister of Planning and Development of Pakistan ?
A. Nawaz Sharief
B. Khwaja Saad Rafique
C. Ahsan Iqbal
D. Zafar ul Haq
Who is the Current (May 2022) Federal Minister of Human Rights?
A. Shireen Mazari
B. Fahmida Mirza
D. Ahsan Iqbal
D. None of these
Who is the Current (May 2022) Federal Minister of Information Technology (IT)?
A. Shah Mehmood Qureshi
B. Mohammad Farogh Naseem
C. Zartaj Gul
D. Syed Amin-ul-Haque
Who is the Current (May 2022) Deputy Speaker of National Assembly of Pakistan?
A. Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
B. Qasim Suri
C. Zahid Akram Durrani
D. Asad Qaisar
Who is the Current (May 2022) Speaker of National Assembly of Pakistan?
A. Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
B. Asad Qaisar
C. Qasim suri
D. Assad mehmood
Who is the leader of the opposition in National Assembly of Pakistan?
A. Imran Khan
B. Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman
C. Shehbaz Sharif
D. None of these
Bilquis Edhi passed away at the age of __________?
A. 70
B. 72
C. 74
D. None of these
How many days Imran Khan served as Prime Minister of Pakistan?
A. 1334 days
B. 1333 days
C. 1332 days
D. 1331 days
How many months Imran Khan served as Prime Minister of Pakistan?
A. 44 months 12 days
B. 44 months 23 days
C. 43 months 23 days
D. 45 months
How long did Imran Khan served as Prime Minister of Pakistan?
A. 3 years 2 month 23 days
B. 4 years one month 13 days
C. 3 years 7 months 23 days
D. 3 years, 6 months 29 days
Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) Chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed sentenced to ____ years in jail for terrorism?
A. 14
B. 25
C. 33
D. None of these
Who is the Current (May 2022) Prime Minister of Pakistan?
A. Imran Khan
B. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
C. Shehbaz Sharif
D. Nawaz Sharif
Shahbaz Sharif elected as __________ Prime Minister of Pakistan?
A. 22nd
B. 23rd
C. 24rd
D. None of these
Who is the Current (May 2022) Governor of khyber pakhtunkhwa (KPK)?
A. Shaukatullah Khan
B. Shah Farman
C. Iqbal Zafar Jhagra
D. None of these
Current (May 2022) Governor Sindh is _______________?
A. Imran Ismail
B. Dr. Ishratul Ebad
C. Justice(R) Saeed U zaman Saddiqi
D. None of these
Who becomes first Prime Minister in Pakistan’s history to have been removed from office through a no-confidence vote?
A. Imran Khan
B. Nawaz sharif
C. Benezir Bhutto
D. None of thes
___________ Votes have been casted in favor of No Confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan?
A. 174 Votes
B. 184 Votes
C. 194 Votes
D. None of these
Strength needed for success of NO-Confidence Motion in National Assembly is __________?
A. 172/342
B. 170/342
C. 176/342
D. None of these
Under which Article of the Constitution The president of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi has approved the advice of the prime minister of Pakistan to dissolve the National Assembly ?
A. Under the Article 58 (1)
B. Under the Article 48(1)
C. Both
D. None of these
Who dissolved Imran Khan’s government?
A. Mamnoon Hussain
B. Dr Arifur Rehman Alvi
C. Asad Qaisar
D. Qasim suri
Current (May 2022) Governor of Punjab is __________?
A. Chaudhry Sarwar
B. Omer Sarfraz Cheema
C. Shehbaz Sharif
D. Malik Rafiq Rajwana
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- GDP of Pakistan
According to the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2022, Pakistan’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth is projected to slow to 4% in FY2022 from 6% in FY2021 | DETAILS - Literacy rate of Pakistan
Literacy rate is 60% [Economic Survey 2020-21] DETAILS - Unemployment rate of Pakistan
Unemployment 9% (2020-21) Labour Force Survey (LFS) | DETAILS - Sustainable Development Goal Report 2021 Pakistan
Despite the Covid-19 global pushback, Pakistan’s SDG Global Rank is 129 (out of 193) in 2021, improved by five ranks, 134 (out of 166) in 2020. | News | (PDF DETAILS) - Education Expenditure GDP
Education expenditures by the federal and the provincial governments in Fiscal Year 2020 stood at 1.5 percent of the GDP as compared to 2.3 percent of the GDP in fiscal year 2019, says the Economic Survey 2020-21. | DETAILS - Population of Pakistan Growth Rate
Pakistan Population as per Census March 2017 is 8million with 2.4 growth rate [Now World’s 5th populated with 210m by surpassing Brazil] | DETAILS - Pakistan lost due to Terrorism
Acc to FY 2017-18 Pakistan lost due to terrorism incidents around 7bn $ | DETAILS - Corruption rate in Pakistan
Pakistan dropped 16 places in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2021 it ranked 140 out of 180 countries, according to Transparency International. | DETAILS - Poverty rate in Pakistan
40% of a country’s population is earning their life below the poverty-line. As per World Bank 2021 report, it it 39.3% | DETAILS - Inflation rate in Pakistan
Pakistan’s general inflation measured by Consumer Price Index (CPI) clocked in at 24-month peak of 13% in January, 2022. | DETAILS - Water-Shortage capacity in Pakistan
According to UN Development Programme, water-shortage capacity available in Pakistan is 121 cubic meters per person. Per capita surface water availability of 5,260 cubic metres per year in 1951 turned into around 1,000 cubic metres in 2016. This is likely to further drop to about 860 cubic meters by 2025. The PCRWR describe that Pakistan reached the “water stress line” in 1990 and crossed the “water scarcity line” in 2005. | DETAILS - Global Climate Risk Index 2021 rate of Pakistan
Global Climate Risk Index 2021 reported by Germanwatch was released in 2021 which showed Pakistan drop from 5th most vulnerable country to climate change, to the 8th position. Pakistan lost 0.52% per unit of its GDP due to climate change and it has witnessed 173 climate-related events in 19 years. | DETAILS - Global Hunger Index 2021 Pakistan
In 2021 Global Hunger Index, Pakistan ranks 92nd out of the 116 countries with sufficient data to calculate 2021 GHI scores. With a score of 24.7, Pakistan has a level of hunger that is serious. | DETAILS - Agriculture in Pakistan
In Pakistan, 65-70% of the population depends directly on agriculture. The livestock sub-sector contributes 55% to the agriculture sector. It contributes 19.2 per cent to the GDP and provides employment to around 38.5 per cent of the labour force. [Pakistan Economic Survey 2020-21]| DETAILS - Human Development Index (HDI)
PAKISTAN’S ranking on the Human Development Index (HDI) in 2020 is 154th out of 189 countries. | DETAILS - Democracy Index 2021 Pakistan
Pakistan ranked 104th among 167 nations on Democracy Index 2021. Pakistan was placed at the 104th spot among 167 states on the global Democracy Index 2021, compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). | DETAILS - Global Gender Gap Index 2021 Pakistan
In 2021, Pakistan ranked 153rd out of 156 countries on the Global Gender Gap Index. The report found that Pakistan’s gender gap had widened by 7 percentage points, to 55.6%, making it one of the worst countries for gender parity. Only Iraq, Yemen and Afghanistan fared worse. | DETAILS - WJP’s Rule of Law Index (RLI) — 2021 Pakistan
Pakistan as WJP’s Rule of Law Index (RLI) ranked 123rd Across 139 Countries, 2021 | DETAILS PDF - Press Freedom Index — 2021 Pakistan
According to the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) report, Pakistan has fallen by 12 places to 157 out of 180 countries. Last year, Pakistan was ranked 145 on the list. | DETAILS - Foreign Direct Investment
Foreign investment slides 33pc in February, 2022. Poor investment climate hit the FDI inflows which noted a sharp decline of 50pc to $110 million in January this year 2022 from $218.7m in December 2021. | DETAILS - Value of Pakistan’s imports and exports in FY 2020-21
EXPORTS: $25.630 billion (FY 2021)
IMPORTS: $53.785 billion (FY 2021)
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TRADE DEFICIT:
Trade Deficit: 28.155 billion (FY 2021)
Trade deficit widens to $32bn [latest data] | Details Source
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FEDERAL BUDGET In BRIEF 2021-2022
(Budget in Brief is a synopsis of the Federal Budget 2021-22 and is published to provide concise and simple information for clear understanding.)
- Pakistan’s economy has witnessed a V-shaped recovery after contracting by 0.47% in FY 2020-21.
- The provisional GDP growth rate for FY 2021 is estimated to be 94% against the targeted growth of 2.1% through the policy initiatives undertaken during FY 2020-21.
- The nominal GDP for FY 2021 is projected to increase from Rs45,567 billion to Rs47,709
- The Economic Stimulous of 24 trillion announced in March 2020 has been extended for the FY 2021 and an amount of Rs155 billion has been released tomitigate the socio economic impacts of Covid 19 pandemic.
- The Current (May 2022) account balance during Jul-Apr, FY 2020-21 posted a surplus of $0.8 bn (0.3 % of GDP) against a deficit of $4.7 bn (-2.1 % of GDP) last year.
- Exports during Jul-Apr FY 2020-21 increased by 5% to $21.0 bn ($ 19.7 bn last year). On YoY basis, exports increased by 61.3 % to $2.3 bn in Apr, 2021 ($ 1.4 bn in Apr, 2020).
- Remittances grew significantly by 0% to $24.2 bn and surpassed the target of $21.5 bn as compared to $18.8 bn during Jul-Apr, FY 2020-21 during same period last year.
- LSM posted a growth of 8.99% during Jul-Mar FY 2020-21 against a negative growth of 5.10% for last year.
- The inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) during Jul-Apr, FY 2020-21 is down to 6% as against 11.2% during the same period last year.
- FBR tax collection grew by 14.4% to Rs.3,780 bn during Jul-Apr FY 2020-21 against Rs.3,303 bn last year.
- Fiscal consolidation helped in containing the fiscal deficit to2% of GDP during Jul- Apr, FY 2020-21, against 5.3% of GDP last year.
- Primary balance posted a surplus of Rs.159 billion during Jul-Apr FY 2020-21, against the deficit of 205 billion last year.
- Refund of Rs.253 billion was issued by FBR to the business community during Jul- April, FY 2020-21, which are 5% higher than previous year’s Rs.151.8 billion issued during the same period last year.
- Private Sector has borrowed 454.5 bn during Jul-Apr FY 2020-21, compared to Rs.318.5 bn during the same period last year, a growth of 43%.
- Fixed investment loan disbursement increased to Rs140.4 billion during Jul-Apr FY 2020-21, as compared to Rs 0.4 billion during the corresponding period last year, thus registered a significant growth.
- Pakistan has entered the international capital market after a gap of over three years by successfully raising USD 2.5 billion.
- World Bank recognized the Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme as amongst the top four social protection interventions in the world in terms of the numbers of people covered.
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