Pakistan PM Sharif tries to hoodwink prospective investors in mineral extraction sector by quoting unrealistic figures

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has expressed the hope that Pakistan could become the world’s sixth-largest economy “earlier than 2050”. In his remarks, he recalled a Goldman Sachs assessment report, which had projected Pakistan to become the sixth-largest economy in the world by 2075. Shaving off 25 years from that assessment, Sharif said: “I would like to make a small amendment here — instead of 2075, it will be earlier than 2050.” The Pakistan PM made these remarks while addressing the particip

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