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PTI performance last 3.5 yrs

How will you rate PTI

  • Less then 5/10

    Votes: 19 20.7%
  • 7/10

    Votes: 57 62.0%
  • 10/10

    Votes: 16 17.4%

  • Total voters
    92

ziaulislam

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Sehat Sahulat Card

⦿ Ehsaas Program

⦿ Pakistan Citizen Portal

⦿ Ten Billion Tree Tsunami

⦿ NCOC COVID Response

⦿ Locust Attack Handled

⦿ Free floated currency

⦿ Legislated government must not meet deficit by simply printing money (HUGE)

⦿ Created a record 5.5 million jobs in 3 years

⦿ Negotiated away $1 billion fine on Karkay Rental Power Plant

⦿ Negotiated away $11 billion penalty on Reko
Instituted reforms in civil and criminal law and brought them to the 21st century

⦿ Produced record harvests of cotton

⦿ Produced record harvests of wheat

⦿ Produced record harvests of sugarcane

⦿ Produced record harvests of potato

⦿ On track to plant forty million olive trees to position Pakistan as a major producer in coming years

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⦿ Exports on target to hit $50Bn by end of his tenure. $35Bn this year
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⦿ Exports on target to hit $50Bn by end of his tenure. $35Bn this year
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⦿ Foreign Exchange reserves at record high - $24Bn

⦿ Highest share of capacity-enhancing capital goods in imports
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⦿ Reduced Current Account Deficit to 2.5% of GDP

⦿ Renegotiated the Qatar LNG deal, saving Pakistan $3 billion over 10 years, new deal 31% cheaper than what PMLN had negotiated

⦿ Renegotiated terms with IPPs to save Pakistan Rs836 billion over 10 years

⦿ Increased tax revenue (on target for Rs6T this year), on target to increase tax as % of GDP from 10% to 16% by 2024

⦿ Achieved Primary Surplus

⦿ Regularized remittance flow - highest remittances received. Roshan Digital Accounts
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⦿ Achieved stable GDP growth rate of 5.7% for FY2021 and now headed towards 5.5% for FY2022

⦿ Has started construction of 10 large dams that will see completion beyond his present tenure

⦿ On track to build 6000 km+ of national highways during present tenure (more than any previous government)

⦿ On track to indigenize cellphone manufacturing - 82% of cellphones now at least assembled within country. Was less than 1% when PTI came in power

⦿ Introduced Pakistan's first truly integrated electricity capacity enhancement plan, also called Indicative Generation Capacity Expansion Plan (IGCEP) 2021-30 - which prioritizes indigenous, low-cost and green sources of electricity generation, whilst also making sure there are adequate measures in place for evacuation/transmission and billing/recovery

The list goes on and on....


Before MiftahIsmail/patwaris lies again. Let me write a long thread with FIGURES where PTI left the economy.

Thread of Numbers only.

1. GDP growth outperformed global markets
• GDP growth accelerated to 5.6% in FY2021
• In comparison, USA economy contracted -4%, EU -8%
4%, EU -8%, India -7.3% and the Gulf states by -5%.

2. No other govt. achieved 5.6% growth in their first 3 years. PMLN 3.3%, PPP 2%

3. Economy on target to achieve GDP growth above 5% in FY2022

4. LSM growth 7.6% during first seven months of FY2022
5. • Exports $ 23.3bn in first 9months of FY2022 – on current path will cross $ 30bn for first time in history

6. Remittances at record level of $29bn in FY2021, to grow to $ 34bn in FY2022

7. $ 4bn investment from overseas Pakistanis in RDA

8. Profitability of the top
100 companies listed on PSX posted the growth of 62% in 2021, the highest growth in the last 10 years.

9. IT package, over $ 350mn investment in Pakistani startups in 2021 – higher than all previous years combined.

10. WB DB index Top 10 reformers; 28 points
8 points (108/190)

11. Moody’s rating agency upgraded outlook to ‘Stable’ from ‘under review for downgrade’ (August 2020)

NOW JOB CREATION FACTS.

1. Inclusive growth strategy adopted by PTI government with focus on labor intensive constructions, export industry, SMEs, tourism, and agriculture.

2. PTI govt created 5.5mn jobs in first three years, the highest by any govt on record.

3. Average of 1.84mn jobs per year is higher than PPP (1.4mn) and PMLN (1.1mn).

4. Current trajectory suggests that we are on target to achieve the 10mn jobs promised by Imran Khan in 2018 manifesto.

5. According to the WB, Pakistan outperformed all regional economies during the 2020-2022 COVID period, with the lowest unemployment rate in the South Asia region at 4.3% compared to India 8%, Bangladesh 5.4%

NOW ENERGY SECTOR REFORMS

1. Debt stock of PHPL Rs. 806 bn shifted to public debt, to protect consumers from tariff surcharges

2. NEPRA approved CTBCM (Competitive Trading Bilateral Contracts Market)
3. MoUs with 53 IPPs to save Rs 836bn in 20 years. Shutting of inefficient power plants. 3-4 plants closed.

4. WACOG bill.

5. 5 hydel damns under construction, first time since the 1970s will reduce dependence on imports and reduce cost of energy for consumers.
6. None of these reforms or investments were made in any of the previous regimes.

NOW SANCTIONS AND PENALTIES.

1. Resolve Karkey rental power plant issue saved $1.2bn

2. Resolved Reko Diq issue, penalty of $ 11bn saved. New investment of $10bn for Balochistan.
3. FATF financial sanctions ‘ black list’ saved. Significant progress achieved under PTI government. Pakistan has completed 26 of the 27 action items in its 2018 action plan.

NOW COVID RESPONSE.

1. IMF termed COVID as the biggest crisis since the 1930s great depression.

2. WHO hailed Pakistan COVID response as one of the best in the world.

3. Economist magazine ‘ Normalcy Index’ rated Pakistan as the top country in the world in Nov 2021. Lawrence Summers, WB Chief Economist stated ‘US should have emulated Pakistan in
mulated Pakistan in handling coronavirus’.

4. • Bill Gates hailed remarkable progress by Pakistan on COVID and Polio eradication

5. 80% of target population provided 2 does of vaccines free of cost ($ 5bn subsidy).
Pakistan introduced the concept of Smart
lockdowns to contain the spread, the world followed our lead.

7. Record fiscal and monetary stimulus package of Rs 2.5 trillion (6% of GDP or $ 16 billion).

8. 15 million families received EHSAS cash payment

9. SMEs pre-paid power bills Rs 50bn (95% commercial

72% industrial users benefitted)

10. Subsidy to Households (USC, power & gas bills)

11. Construction package Rs 300bn new spending for low cost housing & jobs creation.

12. Industrial Support package – 50% discount on additional power consumption; 25% for 3 years
13. 1.6 mn businesses loan deferrals (Rs 657 bn).

14. • 1.7 mn jobs protected under Rozgar scheme.

15. SBP TERF led to Rs 435 bn of new investments in Pakistan.

Still some of the things i have missed.
 
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This makes little to no difference now, people of Pakistan are behind him. No matter what nonsense PDM and the clowns of "neutrals" will try to peddle wont work, right now only one thing matters. GET THIS IMPORTED GOVERNMENT OUT, that is only thing that matters.
 
Dear @ziaulislam make a separate thread for PTI's performance in KPK in 10 years also.
I have feeling that IK has not done something extraordinary in KPk.
Majority of people of KPK is still poor.

No solid industrial base.
No solid agricultural base.
 
Sehat Sahulat Card

⦿ Ehsaas Program

⦿ Pakistan Citizen Portal

⦿ Ten Billion Tree Tsunami

⦿ NCOC COVID Response

⦿ Locust Attack Handled

⦿ Free floated currency

⦿ Legislated government must not meet deficit by simply printing money (HUGE)

⦿ Created a record 5.5 million jobs in 3 years

⦿ Negotiated away $1 billion fine on Karkay Rental Power Plant

⦿ Negotiated away $11 billion penalty on Reko
[16/05, 3:52 pm] Sohail Anwar: Instituted reforms in civil and criminal law and brought them to the 21st century

⦿ Produced record harvests of cotton

⦿ Produced record harvests of wheat

⦿ Produced record harvests of sugarcane

⦿ Produced record harvests of potato

⦿ On track to plant forty million olive trees to position Pakistan as a major producer in coming years

Link 1:

Link 2:

⦿ Exports on target to hit $50Bn by end of his tenure. $35Bn this year
Link 1:
[16/05, 3:52 pm] Sohail Anwar: ⦿ Exports on target to hit $50Bn by end of his tenure. $35Bn this year
Link 1:
Link 2:

⦿ Foreign Exchange reserves at record high - $24Bn

⦿ Highest share of capacity-enhancing capital goods in imports
Link 1:
Link 2:

⦿ Reduced Current Account Deficit to 2.5% of GDP

⦿ Renegotiated the Qatar LNG deal, saving Pakistan $3 billion over 10 years, new deal 31% cheaper than what PMLN had negotiated

⦿ Renegotiated terms with IPPs to save Pakistan Rs836 billion over 10 years

⦿ Increased tax revenue (on target for Rs6T this year), on target to increase tax as % of GDP from 10% to 16% by 2024

⦿ Achieved Primary Surplus

⦿ Regularized remittance flow - highest remittances received. Roshan Digital Accounts
Link 1:
Link 2:

⦿ Achieved stable GDP growth rate of 5.7% for FY2021 and now headed towards 5.5% for FY2022

⦿ Has started construction of 10 large dams that will see completion beyond his present tenure

⦿ On track to build 6000 km+ of national highways during present tenure (more than any previous government)

⦿ On track to indigenize cellphone manufacturing - 82% of cellphones now at least assembled within country. Was less than 1% when PTI came in power

⦿ Introduced Pakistan's first truly integrated electricity capacity enhancement plan, also called Indicative Generation Capacity Expansion Plan (IGCEP) 2021-30 - which prioritizes indigenous, low-cost and green sources of electricity generation, whilst also making sure there are adequate measures in place for evacuation/transmission and billing/recovery

The list goes on and on....


Before MiftahIsmail/patwaris lies again. Let me write a long thread with FIGURES where PTI left the economy.

Thread of Numbers only.

1. GDP growth outperformed global markets
• GDP growth accelerated to 5.6% in FY2021
• In comparison, USA economy contracted -4%, EU -8%
4%, EU -8%, India -7.3% and the Gulf states by -5%.

2. No other govt. achieved 5.6% growth in their first 3 years. PMLN 3.3%, PPP 2%

3. Economy on target to achieve GDP growth above 5% in FY2022

4. LSM growth 7.6% during first seven months of FY2022
5. • Exports $ 23.3bn in first 9months of FY2022 – on current path will cross $ 30bn for first time in history

6. Remittances at record level of $29bn in FY2021, to grow to $ 34bn in FY2022

7. $ 4bn investment from overseas Pakistanis in RDA

8. Profitability of the top
100 companies listed on PSX posted the growth of 62% in 2021, the highest growth in the last 10 years.

9. IT package, over $ 350mn investment in Pakistani startups in 2021 – higher than all previous years combined.

10. WB DB index Top 10 reformers; 28 points
8 points (108/190)

11. Moody’s rating agency upgraded outlook to ‘Stable’ from ‘under review for downgrade’ (August 2020)

NOW JOB CREATION FACTS.

1. Inclusive growth strategy adopted by PTI government with focus on labor intensive constructions, export industry, SMEs, tourism, and agriculture.

2. PTI govt created 5.5mn jobs in first three years, the highest by any govt on record.

3. Average of 1.84mn jobs per year is higher than PPP (1.4mn) and PMLN (1.1mn).

4. Current trajectory suggests that we are on target to achieve the 10mn jobs promised by Imran Khan in 2018 manifesto.

5. According to the WB, Pakistan outperformed all regional economies during the 2020-2022 COVID period, with the lowest unemployment rate in the South Asia region at 4.3% compared to India 8%, Bangladesh 5.4%

NOW ENERGY SECTOR REFORMS

1. Debt stock of PHPL Rs. 806 bn shifted to public debt, to protect consumers from tariff surcharges

2. NEPRA approved CTBCM (Competitive Trading Bilateral Contracts Market)
3. MoUs with 53 IPPs to save Rs 836bn in 20 years. Shutting of inefficient power plants. 3-4 plants closed.

4. WACOG bill.

5. 5 hydel damns under construction, first time since the 1970s will reduce dependence on imports and reduce cost of energy for consumers.
6. None of these reforms or investments were made in any of the previous regimes.

NOW SANCTIONS AND PENALTIES.

1. Resolve Karkey rental power plant issue saved $1.2bn

2. Resolved Reko Diq issue, penalty of $ 11bn saved. New investment of $10bn for Balochistan.
3. FATF financial sanctions ‘ black list’ saved. Significant progress achieved under PTI government. Pakistan has completed 26 of the 27 action items in its 2018 action plan.

NOW COVID RESPONSE.

1. IMF termed COVID as the biggest crisis since the 1930s great depression.

2. WHO hailed Pakistan COVID response as one of the best in the world.

3. Economist magazine ‘ Normalcy Index’ rated Pakistan as the top country in the world in Nov 2021. Lawrence Summers, WB Chief Economist stated ‘US should have emulated Pakistan in
mulated Pakistan in handling coronavirus’.

4. • Bill Gates hailed remarkable progress by Pakistan on COVID and Polio eradication

5. 80% of target population provided 2 does of vaccines free of cost ($ 5bn subsidy).
[16/05, 3:56 pm] Sohail Anwar: Pakistan introduced the concept of Smart
lockdowns to contain the spread, the world followed our lead.

7. Record fiscal and monetary stimulus package of Rs 2.5 trillion (6% of GDP or $ 16 billion).

8. 15 million families received EHSAS cash payment

9. SMEs pre-paid power bills Rs 50bn (95% commercial

72% industrial users benefitted)

10. Subsidy to Households (USC, power & gas bills)

11. Construction package Rs 300bn new spending for low cost housing & jobs creation.

12. Industrial Support package – 50% discount on additional power consumption; 25% for 3 years
13. 1.6 mn businesses loan deferrals (Rs 657 bn).

14. • 1.7 mn jobs protected under Rozgar scheme.

15. SBP TERF led to Rs 435 bn of new investments in Pakistan.

Still some of the things i have missed.
I should have read this post before giving 7/10. It’s 10/10 when compared to previous Nawaz and Zardari regimes
 
That free floating of rupee was the worst idea.
Completely disagree. It was the only thing to do and the right thing to do. It’s been fixed for decades with no export growth. This, along with other measures, led to sustainable growth and trend to industrialization. This is what India did in 90s Japan in 70s China in 80s. USD to Yaun was 1:2. Chine purposely weakens Yaun to increase exports. Some how Bengalis have been able to keep it fixed and still grow their exports but their electricity is very cheap.

Don’t get me wrong it’s painful in short term, esp if it was overvalued ala Dar, but long term it’s the best for country and its industry and people.

I will just do a quick mental excercise with you. The rupee value is determined by exports of good (plus remittances) and services vs imports. Say you overvalue rupee. So now imports are encouraged and exports discouraged. The local economy loves this. Inflation is low, GDP growth rate high, but this is artificial. As more imports consumed, there will be pressure on rupee to get devalued. You try to fight it by taking foreign loans and burn reserves but eventually have BOP crisis and have to suddenly devalue rupee. This causes inflation slows economy. In the meantime, while rupee was overvalued your exports never grew. We start another cycle with the rupee fixed. Per capita we are one of the worst countries in the world for exports for this very reason.

Our REER under Dar was 127. It was in 90s under IK for most of it around 95. This would encourage exports. The cost is inflation in short term but long term it is the right thing to do.
 

Completely disagree. It was the only thing to do and the right thing to do. It’s been fixed for decades with no export growth. This, along with other measures, led to sustainable growth and trend to industrialization. This is what India did in 90s Japan in 70s China in 80s. USD to Yaun was 1:2. Chine purposely weakens Yaun to increase exports. Some how Bengalis have been able to keep it fixed and still grow their exports but their electricity is very cheap.

Don’t get me wrong it’s painful in short term, esp if it was overvalued ala Dar, but long term it’s the best for country and its industry and people.

I will just do a quick mental excercise with you. The rupee value is determined by exports of good (plus remittances) and services vs imports. Say you overvalue rupee. So now imports are encouraged and exports discouraged. The local economy loves this. Inflation is low, GDP growth rate high, but this is artificial. As more imports consumed, there will be pressure on rupee to get devalued. You try to fight it by taking foreign loans and burn reserves but eventually have BOP crisis and have to suddenly devalue rupee. This causes inflation slows economy. In the meantime, while rupee was overvalued your exports never grew. We start another cycle with the rupee fixed. Per capita we are one of the worst countries in the world for exports for this very reason.

Our REER under Dar was 127. It was in 90s under IK for most of it around 95. This would encourage exports. The cost is inflation in short term but long term it is the right thing to do.
Overvaluing rupee is like giving blanket subsidy to china and other countries from whom you are importing
 
No if you studied economics then you should know that a country like Pakistan can't afford a free floating. Look at the devaluation of rupee this free floating has caused.
I am all in for fixed rate as long as you can do it
For us to do it we need people who can provide us with 100b$ a year(for now)
I mean over seas send us 30b$ we are just 70b$ short
If you can provide this i am sure miftah and ishaq dar will bring dollar to 100$
 
No if you studied economics then you should know that a country like Pakistan can't afford a free floating. Look at the devaluation of rupee this free floating has caused.
Funny, I have studied economics- have never heard any economist say that overvaluing your currency is a positive thing ever.
 
Funny, I have studied economics- have never heard any economist say that overvaluing your currency is a positive thing ever.
Well its positive because all of sudden your gdp is up, your inflation is down, your debt is down

However, can you keep doing it..


Its like getting a morphine shot and becoming bullet proof for 2 seconds before you drop dead

So its good while it last

E.g we have low inflation in 2016-2017 while it lasted
 
Also to be clear, I think state bank independence is probably one of the best steps taken long term. I know people don’t understand why it’s important. And someone like myself with Muslims beliefs also finds it wrong to use interest rates to control currency value- but given our system as it is, an independent state bank is a really positive thing. Unless we plan on introducing a riba free economy, which will require a complete rethink.
 

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