On Friday, PM Imran Khan praised his government for achieving a 5.37 percent increase in GDP for fiscal year 2020–21.
The prime minister used his official Twitter account to promote the growth, claiming that the increase in GDP had resulted in the creation of significant jobs and a “raise in per capita income.”
Pakistan’s economic reforms have been hailed as a “success” by the international community, with Bloomberg forecasting that Pakistan “will retain a high growth trajectory and employment levels.”
He went on to say that since the breakout of COVID-19, Pakistan “has been listed among the top [three] countries on [the] normality index,” implying that jobs and lives have been “saved.”
