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Leader of the Opposition in Sindh Assembly and senior leader Pakistan Tehreek-eInsafFirdousShamimNaqvihas said that the economy of Sindh province has gone downwards due to the coronavirus pandemnic. “We need to resolve the current situation and planning to make the economic condition better,” the PTI leader said in a letter addressed to Chief Minister Sindh Sunday. The Opposition Leader shared that The GDP of Sindh, which was $ 1,400 in 2010, is three times higher from rest of the nation and it is above the national average from 1.33 percent. According to estimates, Sindh’s contribution to Pakistan’s GDP has been between 30% and 32.7%. Its share in the service sector has been from 21% to 27.8% and from 21.4% to 27.7% in the agriculture sector. In terms of performance, its best sector is the manufacturing sector, where its share ranged from 36.7% to 46.5%.? He said that Sindh is a major economic hub of Pakistan, Whereas most of the areas of sindh are those who do not pay taxes, as institutions are not collecting taxes from those areas due to their nonregistration till yet. Leader of the Opposition Sindh added that “We need to plan how we can promote more employment opportunities to create more jobs for the people so that the economy could get better. Moreover he urged for the formation of committee for future planning. However he said, We need to promote the private sector and spend most of the public money in the areas where more employment opportunities could be created.
