Sharif Sees Growth at 8-Year High as Pakistan Tackles Energy
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Pakistan plans to boost growth to an eight-year high as the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif battles electricity shortages that have undermined South Asia’s second-biggest economy.
The economy will expand 5.1 percent in the year starting July from an estimated 4.1 percent in the outgoing year, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said in an interview in Islamabad yesterday. The minister is scheduled to unveil the federal budget in Parliament today.