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Fawad Chaudhry: Is Pakistan heading for economic meltdown?

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The National Debt Is at the Heart of Pakistan's Problems

When we took over, Pakistan was in shambles and when we left Pakistan as per the economic survey of Pakistan released by this government, while progressing our economy was growing at the rate of 6%, 5.57% and then this year 6%. Despite Corona, the way Pakistan fought Corona is actually praised by even BBC and even independent publications. It's important to differentiate between rhetoric and facts. I mean a simple fact is the national debt when you came into power was something around $116 billion. By the time you left office it was something over $230 billion and debt is at the heart of Pakistan's problems.

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