|
OPEC PER BARRAL OIL PRICES ($)
|
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|---|---|---|---|
|
Year
|
Value
|
Year
|
Value
|
|
2004
|
36.05
|
2011
|
107.46
|
|
2005
|
50.64
|
2012
|
109.45
|
|
2006
|
61.08
|
2013
|
105.87
|
|
2007
|
69.08
|
2014
|
96.29
|
|
2008
|
94.45
|
2015
|
49.49
|
|
2009
|
61.06
|
2016
|
40.76
|
|
2010
|
77.45
|
2017
|
52.03
|
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PAKISTAN: STRUCTURE OF INTEREST RATES –I (%)
|
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|---|---|---|---|
|
w.e.f.
|
SBP Reverse Repo Rate
|
SBP Repo Rate
|
SBP Policy (Target) Rate
|
|
26-Jan-15
|
8.5
|
6.0
|
–
|
|
24-Mar-15
|
8.0
|
5.5
|
–
|
|
25-May-15
|
7.0
|
5.0
|
6.5
|
|
14-Sep-15
|
6.5
|
4.5
|
6.0
|
|
23-May-16 till date
|
6.25
|
4.25
|
5.75
|
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|
PAKISTAN TRADES (Million US $)
|
||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Period
|
Exports (BOP)
|
Growth Rate
|
Imports (BOP)
|
Growth Rate
|
Balance of Trade
|
|||||
|
Value
|
Cumulative
|
Value
|
Cumulative
|
|||||||
|
a
|
b
|
Monthly
|
Period to Period
|
c
|
d
|
Monthly
|
Period to Period
|
a-c
|
b-d
|
|
|
Jul-16 P
|
1,495
|
1,495
|
-19.9
|
-15.0
|
3,093
|
3,093
|
-22.4
|
-13.7
|
-1,598
|
-1,598
|
|
Aug-16 P
|
1,840
|
3,335
|
23.1
|
-4.6
|
3,807
|
6,900
|
23.1
|
1.5
|
-1,967
|
-3,565
|
|
Sep-16 P
|
1,672
|
5,007
|
-9.1
|
-5.8
|
3,209
|
10,109
|
-15.7
|
0.6
|
-1,537
|
-5,102
|
|
Oct-16 P
|
1,826
|
6,833
|
9.2
|
-3.7
|
3,340
|
13,449
|
4.1
|
1.1
|
-1,514
|
-6,616
|
|
Nov-16 P
|
1,841
|
8,674
|
0.8
|
-1.8
|
3,785
|
17,234
|
13.3
|
4.8
|
-1,944
|
-8,560
|
|
Dec-16 P
|
1,860
|
10,534
|
1.0
|
-2.3
|
4,109
|
21,343
|
8.6
|
5.6
|
-2,249
|
-10,809
|
|
Jan-17 R
|
1,770
|
12,304
|
-4.8
|
-1.4
|
4,182
|
25,525
|
1.8
|
8.7
|
-2,412
|
-13,221
|
|
Feb-17 P
|
1,747
|
14,051
|
-1.3
|
-2.0
|
3,921
|
29,446
|
-6.2
|
11.2
|
-2,174
|
-15,395
|
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|
FDI INFLOWS IN PAKISTAN ($ Million)
|
||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sectors
|
2009-10
|
2010-11
|
2011-12
|
2012-13
|
2013-14
|
2014-15
|
2015-16
|
2016-17 (Jul-Mar)
|
|
Oil & Gas
|
740.6
|
512.2
|
629.4
|
559.6
|
502
|
246.1
|
261.6
|
100.8
|
|
Financial Business
|
163
|
310.1
|
64.4
|
314.2
|
192.8
|
256.4
|
28.2
|
56.1
|
|
Textiles
|
27.8
|
25.3
|
29.8
|
10
|
-0.2
|
43.9
|
21
|
12.5
|
|
Trade
|
117
|
53
|
25.3
|
5.7
|
-3.2
|
50
|
30.1
|
21.1
|
|
Construction
|
101.6
|
61.1
|
72.1
|
46
|
28.8
|
53.5
|
36.3
|
264
|
|
Power
|
-120.6
|
155.8
|
-84.9
|
28.4
|
71.4
|
201.7
|
566.6
|
389.3
|
|
Chemicals
|
112.1
|
30.5
|
96.3
|
71.6
|
94.9
|
55.3
|
64.6
|
6.5
|
|
Transport
|
132
|
104.6
|
18.7
|
44.1
|
2.7
|
6.2
|
36.8
|
37.4
|
|
(IT&Telecom
|
291
|
-34.1
|
-312.6
|
-385.7
|
434.2
|
45.1
|
195.2
|
-18.8
|
|
Others
|
586.3
|
416.3
|
282.2
|
765.5
|
375.2
|
-107
|
40.7
|
732.7
|
|
Total including Pvt. Proceeds
|
2,150.80
|
1,634.80
|
820.7
|
1,456.40
|
1,698.60
|
851.2
|
1,281.10
|
1,601.60
|
|
FDI Excluding Pvt. Proceeds
|
2,150.80
|
1,634.80
|
820.7
|
1,456.40
|
1,698.60
|
851.2
|
1,281.10
|
1,601.60
|
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PETROLEUM PRICES IN PAKISTAN (Rs/Ltr)
|
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Date
|
HOBC
|
Premium
|
HS Diesel
|
LS Diesel
|
Kerosene
|
|
3-Apr-2017
|
72.68
|
74.0
|
84.0
|
44.0
|
44.0
|
|
1-Mar-2017
|
72.68
|
73.0
|
83.0
|
44.0
|
44.0
|
|
1-Feb-2017
|
72.68
|
70.29
|
79.48
|
43.35
|
43.25
|
|
16-Jan-2017
|
72.68
|
68.04
|
77.22
|
43.35
|
43.25
|
|
2-Jan-2017
|
72.68
|
66.27
|
75.22
|
43.35
|
43.25
|
|
1-Dec-2016
|
72.68
|
66.27
|
75.22
|
43.35
|
43.25
|
|
1-Nov-2016
|
72.68
|
64.27
|
72.52
|
43.35
|
43.25
|
|
1-Oct-2016
|
72.68
|
64.27
|
72.52
|
43.35
|
43.25
|
|
1-Sep-2016
|
72.68
|
64.27
|
72.52
|
43.35
|
43.25
|
|
1-Aug-2016
|
72.68
|
64.27
|
72.52
|
43.35
|
43.25
|
|
1-Jul-2016
|
72.68
|
64.27
|
72.52
|
43.35
|
43.25
|
|
1-Jun-2016
|
72.62
|
64.27
|
75.86
|
40.2
|
45.23
|
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|
SALIENT FEATURES OF PAKISTAN’S BUDGET FY2017
|
|
|---|---|
|
The total outlay of the budget 2016 17 is Rs 4,894.9 billion.
|
The resources availability during 2016 17 has been estimated at Rs 4,442.0 billion against Rs 4,168.3 billion in the budget of 2015 16.
|
|
The net revenue receipt for 2016 17 has been estimated at Rs 2,779.7 billion indicating an increase of 12.8 percent over the budget estimates of 2015 16.
|
The provisional share in federal taxes is estimated at Rs 2,135.9 billion, during 2016 17, which is 15.5 percent higher than the budget estimates for 2015 16.
|
|
The net capital receipts for 2016 17 have been estimated as Rs 453.6 billion against the budget estimates of Rs 606.3 billion in 2015 16 i.e a decline of 25.2 percent.
|
The external receipts in 2016 17 are estimated at
Rs 819.6 billion. |
|
The share of current and development expenditure in total budgetary outlay for 2016 17 is 78.5 percent and 21.5 percent respectively.
|
The overall expenditure during 2016 17 has been estimated at Rs 4,894.9 billion out of which the current expenditure is Rs 3844.0 billion and development expenditure is Rs 1,050.9 billion.
|
|
The expenditure on general public service is estimated at Rs 2,707.2 billion which is 70.4 percent of the current expenditure.
|
The development expenditure outside PSDP has been estimated at Rs 156.6 billion in the current budget.
|
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|
INFLATION IN PAKISTAN (Base 2007-08)
|
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Index
|
Averages July-March % Changes
|
March over March % Changes
|
||||
|
2016-17
|
2015-16
|
2014-15
|
2017
|
2016
|
2015
|
|
|
CPI
|
4.01
|
2.64
|
5.12
|
4.94
|
3.94
|
2.49
|
|
SPI
|
1.42
|
1.27
|
2.25
|
3.12
|
3.45
|
-1.89
|
|
WPI
|
3.79
|
-1.50
|
0.36
|
6.40
|
0.16
|
-3.67
|
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|
GDP GROWTH RATE OF PAKISTAN
|
|
|---|---|
|
Fiscal Year
|
%
|
|
2017
|
4.71
|
|
2016
|
4.0
|
|
2015
|
4.1
|
|
2014
|
3.7
|
|
2013
|
3.8
|
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|
CHINA–PAKISTAN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR (CPEC)
|
|
|---|---|
|
Type of project
|
Economic corridor
|
|
Products
|
Roadways, railways, Special Economic Zones, energy production, mass transit
|
|
Location
|
Pakistan: Baluchistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, KPK, Punjab, Sindh. China: Xinjiang
|
|
Owner
|
Public
|
|
Established
|
20 April 2015
|
|
Budget
|
$62 billion USD
|
|
Status
|
Partly operational
|
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FATALITIES IN TERRORIST VIOLENCE IN PAKISTAN
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Year
|
Civilians
|
Security Force Personnel
|
Terrorists/Insurgents
|
Total
|
|
2011
|
2738
|
765
|
2800
|
6303
|
|
2012
|
3007
|
732
|
2472
|
6211
|
|
2013
|
3001
|
676
|
1702
|
5379
|
|
2014
|
1781
|
533
|
3182
|
5496
|
|
2015
|
940
|
339
|
2403
|
3682
|
|
2016
|
612
|
293
|
898
|
1803
|
|
2017*
|
185
|
62
|
231
|
478
|
|
*Data till April 16, 2017
|
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