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Debate #79 · Economy, growth and trade

Is agriculture still the backbone of Pakistan's economy?

Asked 4 times · 4 years · Economics · English Essay · Sociology
This debate All debatesAsked beforeQuestions (4)Evidence (2)PositionsSame themeIs IMF lending a debt trap or a path to recovery for Pakistan?Can Pakistan's industrial sector drive growth and absorb its labour force?Should Pakistan shift its tax burden from indirect to direct taxes?
+2 moreAre Pakistan's economic troubles structural or the result of policy failure?State ownership or privatisation: which better serves Pakistan's economy?

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Examiners want: agriculture's share and productivity, urbanisation and structural change, land ownership and absentee landlords, reforms

The questions

2026
CSS · Sociology · Analyse

Analyze the transformation of Pakistani society from a traditional agrarian structure to a semi-industrial and post-industrial model. Highlight contradictions and structural challenges.

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2021
CCE Sindh · English Essay · Essay title

Absentee landlords and their impact on Pakistan's Economy

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2020
PMS · Economics · Recommend

Agriculture is considered backbone of the Pakistan economy; explain four such most important arguments (empirical/theoretical). Also discuss productivity growth (not production) of this sector and suggest how it could be improved.

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2019
CCE Sindh · Economics · Question

Why Agriculture's share in GDP and Employment in Pakistan has reduced overtime? How has the rising Urbanization contributed to this decline?

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Evidence you can cite

Agriculture accounts for about 95% of Pakistan's freshwater withdrawals; inefficient agricultural water use was estimateWorld BankWater-Food-Security Nexus: Indus → irrigation → agriculture → food/livelihoods/exports/inflation/stability (Pakistan application)Synthesis

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