LCCI demands factual database

LCCI President was speaking at the launching ceremony of LCCI Research Report on State of Pakistan’s Economy

LAHORE: Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) President Malik Tahir Javaid called on Monday for putting in place viable and reality-based measures to move in the right direction for ensuring economic stability. He was speaking here at the launching ceremony of LCCI Research Report on State of Pakistan’s Economy.



The LCCI president said that the “economy would continue to slide if we continue to depend on fantasised statistics, therefore, the government and the private sector must join hands to establish a trustworthy database of economic facts that would help in tackling the issues in an effective manner”. Giving a breakup of economic facts and figures, he said the target of real GDP growth rate was 8% whereas the actual growth had remained modest.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 20^th, 2017.

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