Pakistan, March 27 -- Pakistan has posted a gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 1.73% in the second quarter (October-December) of fiscal year 2024-25, estimates released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Tuesday showed.

This comes despite the contraction in industry (-0.18%) during the said period, read a press release issued by the PBS after the National Accounts Committee (NAC) meeting.

Meanwhile, agriculture and services posted a growth of 1.1% and 2.57%, respectively.

Further, the committee approved the updated growth of GDP during the first quarter of FY2023-24 at 1.34% as compared to 0.92% estimated previously.

The revision comes "due to upward revisions in services from 1.43% to 2.21% and improvement in the indus...