Nine-month remittances were roughly one-third larger than goods exports.

What it does not prove: The ratio compares a transfer inflow with a production-based export, so it flatters remittances by construction: exports carry domestic value chains, wages and learning that remittances do not. It also rests on goods exports alone — counting services such as IT would narrow the gap — and covers nine months, not a full year.

Memory hook: 1.33× → migrant earnings beat the whole goods-export machine by a third

Rebuts the claim: "Pakistan's external accounts rest on its export sector" — they rest on labour export, with nine-month remittances exceeding goods exports by roughly a third.