BoP is typically a result of twin deficit (fiscal and current account). Some countries are able to avoid BoP despite running twin deficits because of Capital Account surpluses (FDI is one way). Pakistan does not have that luxury. Pakistan's BoP episodes could be because:
a) Pakistanis have been given a lot of subsidies (fiscal deficit)
b) Have imported too much to consume for domestic or industrial needs (CAD)
I do not know about previous BoP scenarios that were faced by Pakistan. But this time, the problem was onset by fuel subsidies and CAD (Fitch estimated 4% CAD for Pakistan in February). The current administration is trying to combat this problem by cooling the economy.
I'm neither ignorant nor am I trolling. In fact, your bias for PTI is so deep that you are myopic about how things work. You'll resort to labeling people 'stupid' and claim that Pakistan's CAD was only set to be 2%. But when I show that Fitch (with all its economists dedicated for research) say that it was set to be 4%, you will run away
KARACHI: Fitch Ratings on Tuesday revised its projection for Pakistan’s current account deficit to 5.0 percent of the gross domestic product for the current 2022 fiscal year on near-term...
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