Overview
- Pakistan’s National Accounts Committee approved 3.71% GDP growth for Q1 FY2026 and lifted FY2025 growth to 3.09% from 3.04%.
- Agriculture grew 2.89%, industry 9.38% and services 2.35% in the quarter, marking a clear industry-led expansion.
- Large-scale manufacturing rose 4.10%, with food, automobiles, transport equipment and cement-linked products leading, while mining contracted and machinery output fell.
- The economy’s FY2025 size was updated to Rs113.93 trillion ($407.9 billion) and per capita income to Rs506,736 ($1,814).
- Officials said the pickup came despite 2025 flood damage, fiscal tightening, energy subsidy withdrawal and higher food inflation, and analysts linked sustained gains to continued industrial growth and fiscal reforms.