06-03-2008, 05:53 PM
[center]<b><span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'>Pakistan : 5.5 percent GDP growth target fixed for 2008-09</span></b> <!--emo&:flush--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/Flush.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Flush.gif' /><!--endemo-->[/center]
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>ISLAMABAD (June 03 2008) : <span style='color:red'>The National Economic Council (NEC) on Monday scaled GDP growth down to 5.8 percent for the current fiscal year, and 5.5 percent target for 2008-09.</span></b> The NEC, which met here with Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani in the chair, approved Rs 541 billion Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for 2008-09. It includes Rs 371 billion of the federal government and Rs 170 billion of the provinces share.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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