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Economic Issues of Pakistan PDF
Economic Issues of Pakistan PDF
Course Objectives:
1. To make students understand the key sectors of economy of Pakistan and contemporary issues in
agriculture, industry and financial and social sector.
2. To make students understand current policies in trade, commerce, fiscal/monetary policy,
industry and agriculture.
3. To let the students have a comprehensive knowledge about the current statistics of the various
aspects of the economy.
Topics Source
(1) Fifty years of Development Book1, Ch.1
• Structural change
• Five decades and five Epochs
• Laying the foundation:1947-1958
• Green revolution
• Land Reforms
• Agriculture policy and perspective ( Measures taken by the
current Government, total budgetary allocation,
• Different crop situation ( current economic survey of Pakistan)
Book2, Ch6
(5) Money /Capital Market of Pakistan
• Instruments and Ways of Working
(6) Banking Sector of Pakistan Book2, Ch6
• The role of State Bank, functions performed
• Role of commercial banks, challenges faced, ways to
overcome
• Evaluation, nationalization and privatization of Banks
Recommended Text:
Further Readings:
4. Website sources :
http://www.paksearch.com
http://www.statpak.gov.pk/depts/
http://www.sbp.org.pk
http://kse.org.pk