Overseas Pakistanis Rescuing Pakistan Economy Yet Again

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Pakistani diaspora sent home $14.2 billion in remittances in July-December 2020, up 25% from the same period in 2019. Pakistanis settled in the United States and the United Kingdom increased their remittances by 52% and 47% respectively in this period, helping Pakistan achieve a record $1.8 billion current account surplus in the first 6 months of the ongoing fiscal year 2020-21.

Remittances From Pakistani Diaspora. Source: Arif Habib

While Pakistan's exports increased a modest 5.1%, the remittances from overseas Pakistanis jumped a hefty 25% in response to an appeal by Prime Minister Imran Khan who remains very popular among them. He drew nearly 30,000 Pakistani-Americans to a rally during his Washington D.C. visit in 2019.

Pakistan Trade 1H of FY 2020-21. Source: Arif Habib

Pakistan's imports increased 5.5%, more than the 5.1% increase in exports, during the first half of the current fiscal year 2020-21. This resulted in $12.4 billion trade deficit, a 5.9% increase. Without the 25% jump in remittances, Pakistan would most likely have a current account deficit rather than a surplus in this period.

The modest 5.1% increase in Pakistan's exports is still commendable in the midst of the global economic devastation caused by COVID19 pandemic. What is even more commendable is the 19% jump in exports in December 2020 over the same month in 2019, indicating a strong upward trend.

Emigrants From Pakistan 1990-2019. Source: Pakistan Bureau of Emigration

Pakistani diaspora is the world's 5th largest with more than half a million Pakistanis migrating every year to work overseas. Over 11 million Pakistanis have left home for employment in Europe, America, Middle East and elsewhere since 1971, according to Pakistan Bureau of Emigration. The pace has particularly picked up over the last 10 years. This phenomenon has helped reduce unemployment in a country where about 2 million young people are entering the job market each year. It has also helped remittances soar nearly 28X since the year 2000Related Links:


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[Patriot forever]

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Pakistani diaspora sent home $14.2 billion in remittances in July-December 2020, up 25% from the same period in 2019. Pakistanis settled in the United States and the United Kingdom increased their remittances by 52% and 47% respectively in this period, helping Pakistan achieve a record $1.8 billion current account surplus in the first 6 months of the ongoing fiscal year 2020-21.

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Remittances From Pakistani Diaspora. Source: Arif Habib

While Pakistan's exports increased a modest 5.1%, the remittances from overseas Pakistanis jumped a hefty 25% in response to an appeal by Prime Minister Imran Khan who remains very popular among them. He drew nearly 30,000 Pakistani-Americans to a rally during his Washington D.C. visit in 2019.

​

Pakistan Trade 1H of FY 2020-21. Source: Arif Habib

Pakistan's imports increased 5.5%, more than the 5.1% increase in exports, during the first half of the current fiscal year 2020-21. This resulted in $12.4 billion trade deficit, a 5.9% increase. Without the 25% jump in remittances, Pakistan would most likely have a current account deficit rather than a surplus in this period.

The modest 5.1% increase in Pakistan's exports is still commendable in the midst of the global economic devastation caused by COVID19 pandemic. What is even more commendable is the 19% jump in exports in December 2020 over the same month in 2019, indicating a strong upward trend.

​

​ Emigrants From Pakistan 1990-2019. Source: Pakistan Bureau of Emigration

Pakistani diaspora is the world's 5th largest with more than half a million Pakistanis migrating every year to work overseas. Over 11 million Pakistanis have left home for employment in Europe, America, Middle East and elsewhere since 1971, according to Pakistan Bureau of Emigration. The pace has particularly picked up over the last 10 years. This phenomenon has helped reduce unemployment in a country where about 2 million young people are entering the job market each year. It has also helped remittances soar nearly 28X since the year 2000Related Links:


Haq's Musings

South Asia Investor Review

Pakistan is the 7th Largest Source of Migrants in OECD Nations

Pakistanis Mini-Invasion of China

Inspirational Story of Karachi Rickshaw Driver's Daughters

Pakistan Remittance Soar 21X

Pakistan's Growing Human Capital

Two Million Pakistanis Entering Job Market Every Year

Pakistan Most Urbanized in South Asia

Hindu Population Growth Rate in Pakistan

Do South Asian Slums Offer Hope?


How "Illiterate" Are Pakistan's "Illiterate" Cell Phone Users?

Riaz Haq's Youtube Channel

PakAlumni Social Network

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"Pakistan achieve a record $1.8 billion current account surplus in the first 6 months of the ongoing fiscal year 2020-21"

Sir are the Dec current account numbers out? Cumulative surplus was 1.64billion for the first 5 months.

 

[Syed1.]

"Pakistan achieve a record $1.8 billion current account surplus in the first 6 months of the ongoing fiscal year 2020-21"

Sir are the Dec current account numbers out? Cumulative surplus was 1.64billion for the first 5 months.

I want to know this too....

 

[Ahmet Pasha]

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Pakistani diaspora sent home $14.2 billion in remittances in July-December 2020, up 25% from the same period in 2019. Pakistanis settled in the United States and the United Kingdom increased their remittances by 52% and 47% respectively in this period, helping Pakistan achieve a record $1.8 billion current account surplus in the first 6 months of the ongoing fiscal year 2020-21.

​

Remittances From Pakistani Diaspora. Source: Arif Habib

While Pakistan's exports increased a modest 5.1%, the remittances from overseas Pakistanis jumped a hefty 25% in response to an appeal by Prime Minister Imran Khan who remains very popular among them. He drew nearly 30,000 Pakistani-Americans to a rally during his Washington D.C. visit in 2019.

​

Pakistan Trade 1H of FY 2020-21. Source: Arif Habib

Pakistan's imports increased 5.5%, more than the 5.1% increase in exports, during the first half of the current fiscal year 2020-21. This resulted in $12.4 billion trade deficit, a 5.9% increase. Without the 25% jump in remittances, Pakistan would most likely have a current account deficit rather than a surplus in this period.

The modest 5.1% increase in Pakistan's exports is still commendable in the midst of the global economic devastation caused by COVID19 pandemic. What is even more commendable is the 19% jump in exports in December 2020 over the same month in 2019, indicating a strong upward trend.

​

​ Emigrants From Pakistan 1990-2019. Source: Pakistan Bureau of Emigration

Pakistani diaspora is the world's 5th largest with more than half a million Pakistanis migrating every year to work overseas. Over 11 million Pakistanis have left home for employment in Europe, America, Middle East and elsewhere since 1971, according to Pakistan Bureau of Emigration. The pace has particularly picked up over the last 10 years. This phenomenon has helped reduce unemployment in a country where about 2 million young people are entering the job market each year. It has also helped remittances soar nearly 28X since the year 2000Related Links:


Haq's Musings

South Asia Investor Review

Pakistan is the 7th Largest Source of Migrants in OECD Nations

Pakistanis Mini-Invasion of China

Inspirational Story of Karachi Rickshaw Driver's Daughters

Pakistan Remittance Soar 21X

Pakistan's Growing Human Capital

Two Million Pakistanis Entering Job Market Every Year

Pakistan Most Urbanized in South Asia

Hindu Population Growth Rate in Pakistan

Do South Asian Slums Offer Hope?


How "Illiterate" Are Pakistan's "Illiterate" Cell Phone Users?

Riaz Haq's Youtube Channel

PakAlumni Social Network

Overseas Pakistanis Rescuing Pakistan Economy Yet Again

News, analysis and opinions about India, Pakistan, US, Canada, Europe, Mid East, South Asia, Silicon Valley, High Technology, Economy, Politics, World

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And PDFers on here give us tana of moving abroad.

 

[Patriot forever]

And PDFers on here give us tana of moving abroad.

Currently the traitor alliance is declaring foreign Pakistanis as Foreign agents. If someone can ask those animals if remittances is also foreign funding?

 

[xyxmt]

And PDFers on here give us tana of moving abroad.

not recently, they love you now

 

[Ali_Baba]

As soon as Pakistan can get international payment gateways and processors and people like paypal working in Pakistan, the FX levels will go up massively as there are still barriers to sending money. I can send money to USA via Paypal so easily(an expensive way of doing it mind), but to send to Pakistan involves a physical trip more often than not ...

eg, there are things in Pakistan i want to buy and get shipped to the UK, but trying to pay for that is such a pain from the UK as there is no common standard and the eCommerce systems are so immature right now.

 

[KurtisBrian]

Countries ranked by remittances (2019). Judging by the list remittances are NOT the way to prosperity and success but rather to a fcked up nation.

In 2019, in current USD, the top five remittance recipient countries were India (83.1 billion), China (68.4 billion), Mexico (38.5 billion), the Philippines (35.2 billion), and the Arab Republic of Egypt (26.8 billion) (ibid.). In relative terms, the top 5 countries which received the highest remittances as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2019 were: Tonga (37.6% of GDP), Haiti (37.1%), South Sudan (34.1%), the Kyrgyz Republic (29.2%), and Tajikistan (28.2%) (ibid.).

Remittances

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[Wa Muhammada]

I haven’t commented on this forum for 6 months or so but I still come on here once a week or so.

I was born in the UK but have lived in Pakistan twice approximately 7 years, between the ages of 5-8 with my parents and siblings and then recently when I was age 34-38 with my wife and children. So me and my siblings and wider family have roots there and go back and forth regularly.

I think people like myself and others - the 3rd / 4th generation, are those who have chosen to ignore Pakistan as a place to invest. Some may disagree but really that is the case with 95% of us who have Pakistani heritage.

We’v recently invested and rolled out a franchise in Dubai and have found business culture there to be easier than Pakistan. While I was in Pakistan for 4 years I also sold and bought plots / properties and sold automobiles etc etc but there’s so much corruption involved it’s just unbelievable.

When I moved to Pakistan in 2015 I was shocked and angry to see how business is done there, however a year later I was one of them. However now I’v returned to the UK, I now appreciate the ease and fairness here. I look back and think what the hell was that.

Therefore I decided to invest in Dubai as it is a growing market and it is rishwat free. I will still visit Pakistan but will not invest there unless the ‘nizam’ changes....and there’s many like me who have good jobs / businesses and would like to invest but they see the business environment and walk away....not everyone has political access/ a strong sifarish and nor do they want to wait/be involved in our bureaucratic nightmare.

At the same time for many muslims who are inclined towards the deen are thinking of and moving to Turkey which is moving towards the right direction and offers great opportunities.


May Allah ta’ala give hidayat to us all. May Pakistan prosper and may we the people change our ways.

 

[H!TchHiker]

Thank you for sending money back to your families ...

 

[-blitzkrieg-]

At the same time for many muslims who are inclined towards the deen are thinking of and moving to Turkey which is moving towards the right direction and offers great opportunities.

What makes them think there is no corruption there.. if they are doing so for the specific reason..they are in for a surprise..

 

[Ali_Baba]

What makes them think there is no corruption there.. if they are doing so for the specific reason..they are in for a surprise..

There is corruption everywhere, but for the most part it is contained.. you dont have to pay riswat go get a telephone line installed, or switch to a new power supplier, or even get connected to the grid etc. ie it is easier to manage.

 

[Ahmet Pasha]

And PDFers on here give us tana of moving abroad.

@Cliftonite

Abhi chand din pehle mujhe taane de rha tha. Ab bolti band ho gai?

 

[Itachi]

@Cliftonite

Abhi chand din pehle mujhe taane de rha tha. Ab bolti band ho gai?

Looks like he's banned.

 

[Samlee]

I want to know this too....

No We Had A Deficit of $600 Million But Still Nothing To Worry ABout