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Pakistan Targets $60 Billion Export Goal Amid Reforms

1/12/2026

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Pakistan aims to raise annual exports from $30-35 billion to over $60 billion within three years.
A government task force led by Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal proposes reforms to ease doing business and restructure tariffs.
It cites high energy costs, fragmented taxation, and policy unpredictability as barriers to competitiveness and to 20 priority export products.
Recommendations will be submitted to the prime minister only if IMF conditions are met.

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Pakistan aims to raise annual exports from $30-35 billion to over $60 billion within three years.
A government task force led by Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal proposes reforms to ease doing business and restructure tariffs.
It cites high energy costs, fragmented taxation, and policy unpredictability as barriers to competitiveness and to 20 priority export products.
Recommendations will be submitted to the prime minister only if IMF conditions are met.