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Debate #50 · Economy, growth and trade

Is weak export performance the root of Pakistan's recurring balance-of-payments crises?

Asked 6 times · 6 years · Current Affairs · Economics
This debate All debatesAsked beforeQuestions (6)Evidence (5)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: BoP and trade-deficit trends, causes on the import and export sides, external vulnerability, structural reforms to raise exports

The questions

2026
CSS · Economics · Analyse

Analyse how Pakistan's export structure, import dependence, and foreign aid flows affect its long-term economic development. What policy changes are needed to reduce external vulnerability?

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2023
CSS · Current Affairs · Critically analyse

Critically discuss that why Pakistan's economic growth continues to be "Balance-of-Payments" constraint which is one of the core cause to keep the foreign exchange reserves under pressure. Do you think that Pakistan's export performance remains the most relevant long-term challenge to alleviate the balance-of-payments constraint for sustained economics growth and explain radical structural reforms to improve export performance?

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2022
CSS · Economics · Define

What are the trends and tendencies of imports and exports of Pakistan? How the country can enhance its “terms of trade” favorable with particular reference to trade with China?

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2020
CSS · Economics · Recommend

Pakistan has persistent trade deficit. Analyze this pattern and sources. Based upon your analysis, propose relevant and applicable policy for its improvement.

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2009
CSS · Economics · Critically analyse

Critically examine the Balance of Payments account of Pakistan.

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2007
CSS · Economics · Recommend

Analyze the factors that lead to the current account surplus after 9/ 11 and the growing deficit in the current account of the balance of payments later during the fiscal year 2004 – 05. what policy steps be undertaken to stabilize the growth of current account surplus?

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Evidence you can cite

Remittances: US$38.3 billion (FY2024-25)Pakistan Economic Survey / Finance DivisionGoods imports: US$59.1 billion (FY2024-25)Pakistan Economic SurveyICT export remittances: US$3.388 billion ICT export remittances during Jul–Mar FY2026, up 19.7%. (Jul-Mar FY2026)Pakistan Economic Survey 2025-26ICT export remittances: US$3.38 billion (Jul-Mar FY2026)Pakistan Economic SurveyPakistan digital export model: ICT exports and freelancer remittances show a service-export pathway with comparatively low physical logistics requirements. (FY2026)Pakistan Economic Survey / SBP

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News about this debate watches for: current account deficit, trade deficit, foreign exchange reserves, export competitiveness, import bill, textile exports, remittances, state bank of pakistan, terms of trade, pakistan bureau of statistics, export diversification, china-pakistan trade.