شائد ہی کوئی ٹارگٹ ہو جو پورا ہوا ہو
راجہ صاحب ہمیشہ کی طرح آدھا سچ دکھا رہے ہیں
خبر تو یہ ہونی چاہیے کہ حکومت کوئی بھی ٹارگٹ پورا نہیں کر پائی
The PML-N government on Monday announced that the economy is going to grow at 5.79 per cent, slightly lower than the target of 6pc for 2017-18, but highest in the last 11 years.
Livestock, the second largest sub-sector of agriculture registered a growth of 3.76pc against the target of 3.8.
The fishery sector expanded 1.63pc against 1.7pc last year while forestry grew 7.17pc versus the target of 10pc[FONT=&], reflecting the last year’s trend.
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The industrial sector posted a growth of 5.8pc compared to the benchmark set at 7.3pc in 2017-18 while in FY17, it grew by 5.43pc. The mining and quarrying sector recorded growth of 3.04pc against the target of 3.5pc.
Manufacturing recorded growth of 6.13pc against the target of 6.4pc, higher than the 5.82pc last year.
Large-scale manufacturing was up 6.13pc against the target of 6.3pc. Small-scale manufacturing expanded 6.13pc against the target of 8.2pc while slaughtering grew 8.18pc against the target of 3.7pc.
Growth in the construction sector was 9.13pc compared to 9.84pc last year, missing its target at 12.1pc for the outgoing fiscal year. Supply of electricity and gas also depicted an increase of 1.84pc against the bar at 12.5pc. The electricity and gas sub-sector, however, showed low growth due to reduced subsidies for K-Electric and Wapda and its companies.
Finance and insurance increased by 6.13pc against the target of 9.5pc, housing services by 4pc against 3.9pc, transport, storage and communication 3.58pc against 5.1pc.