Pakistan: One Year Growth Strategy (Policy)

ACTION POINTS

• Focus on Investment, productivity, and exports.
• Remove bottlenecks linked to terrifs, sludge: cost of regulation, financial &
  energy constraints.
• Initiate “Regulatory Audit”.
• Reduce bank’s holding of the government securities.
• Create a National Debt Management Office.
• Revisit DISCO’s management.
• Introduce pre-paid metering.
• Do away from uniform energy tariffs.
• Introduce wheeling and bilateral agreements.
• Tax Simplification
• Implement Point of Sale (POS)
• Deregulate the real estate market by eliminating NOCs and FBR/DC rates.
• Tie Real estate & city development.
• Unlock dead capital.
• Internet for all.
• Youth Involvement—promote sports, culture & clubs
• Promote street vending—huge employment generation.