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Pakistan targets 4% growth in FY27 as reforms gather pace: Aurangzeb

Pakistan Published 15 October 2026, 20:49 · archived 15 Oct 2026

Pakistan expects its economy to grow around 4% in fiscal year 2026-27, supported by a recovery in industry and agriculture, as the government seeks to move beyond macroeconomic stabilisation towards sustainable, investment- and export-led growth, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has said. Speaking with Michael Kugelman of the Atlantic Council on the sidelines of the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings 2026 in Bangkok, Aurangzeb said Pakistan’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 3.7% in FY26, compared with 3.2% in the preceding fiscal year. He said the State Bank of Pakistan had projected growth i...

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