Poverty in Pak. growing at alarming rate

  • 15/06/2000

  • Hindu (New Delhi)

survey: Pakistan's fiscal deficint will be "close to six per cent" of the Gross Domestic product(GDP) in 1999-200 as contrasted with 6.1 per cent in 1998-99 and 7.7 per cent in 1997-98, the Finance Minister, Mr. Shaukat Aziz, said today while releasing the country's economic survey for the current financial year, ending June 30.