Former caretaker federal minister and Chairman of Economic Policy & Business Development, Gohar Ejaz, has warned that Pakistan has lost momentum in exports, alleging that the government has failed to sustain the export-led growth achieved in 2023-24 and has missed its own target of increasing exports by 10 percent annually.<\/p>\n
In a statement, Ejaz said Pakistan’s exports stood at $30.9 billion in FY2023-24 after achieving the government’s annual 10 percent growth target. However, he claimed that exports had fallen to around $30 billion by June 30, 2026, marking a decline of $800 million compared to two years ago.<\/p>\n
He said the country had squandered an opportunity to add nearly $8 billion to exports over the past two years due to the failure to maintain annual double-digit export growth.<\/p>\n
“Pakistan’s exports have become stagnant while the trade deficit continues to widen,” Ejaz said, adding that if exports had continued growing by 10 percent annually, they would have reached around $38 billion by now.<\/p>\n
The former minister further claimed that exports declined by 7 percent in 2026, while the country’s trade deficit had climbed to a historic high, reflecting weakening external sector performance.<\/p>\n
Calling for immediate policy intervention, Ejaz urged the government to “open its eyes before it is too late,” warning that the export growth momentum built in 2023 had come to a halt and that the country could not afford further delays in adopting an export-led growth strategy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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