News @ 3 - 28th May 2018

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Monday said economy performed significantly better in almost all respects during the last five years as compared to what the present government inherited in 2013.

Flanked by Minister for Finance Miftah Ismail and Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb, the premier was briefing reporters about the PML-N government’s economic performance during its five-year term.

He said GDP growth was just 3.68% in 2013 which has gone up to 5.79% this year. In dollar terms, the GDP stood at 231 billion dollars in 2013 and today it is 313 billion dollars.

He said industrial growth in 2013 was 0.75% against today’s 5.8%. Growth in large-scale manufacturing in first nine months of 2012-13 was 3.53% which is 5.89% in the comparable period this year.