Published on, Aug. 19 -- August 19, 2025 5:50 AM

Pakistan's real gross domestic product (GDP) growth would accelerate to 3.5% by 2027 from 2.5% in 2024, said Fitch Ratings in a statement.

The rating stated that Pakistan's economic recovery had come after a period of "significant turmoil and high inflation".

It expects the country's real GDP growth to accelerate to 3.5% by 2027 from 2.5% in 2024.

Consumer price index (CPI) inflation eased to 4.1% in July 2025 from its peak of 38% in May 2023, and the rating expects it to average around 5% in 2025.

The halving of the policy rate since May 2024 to 11% and a stabilising external position, evident in lower currency volatility and current account surpluses, should support the recovery, the...