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Pakistan’s Q1 FY26 Economic Growth Figures Questioned as Accounting Illusion

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New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) Pakistan’s official figures citing 3.7 per cent economic growth in Q1 FY26 is likely an accounting illusion on paper rather than real increases in production or exports, a report has said.A report from Express Tribune cited the think tank Economic Policy and Business Development’s (EPBD) view that the growth approved by the National Accounts Committee (NAC) reflects “methodological artefacts, deflator manipulation and import-led assembly activity,” instead of real gains i…