ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Pakistan’s Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) grew by 14.5 percent in November 2020 as compared to the same month in 2019, the Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar.
In a Twitter statement on Tuesday, Asad Umar said that 7.4 percent LSM growth was witnessed from July to November 2020.
“Industrial growth is clearly accelerating,” the minister wrote.
November large scale manufacturing, year on year growth of 14.5% is the highest large scale manufacturing growth in any month in the last 12 years.
— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) January 12, 2021
Separately, the Federal Minister for Industries and Production Hammad Azhar also shared the data of the LSM growth on Twitter, saying that the Large Scale Manufacturing has posted a growth of more than 14 percent in November 2020 as compared to the same period a year ago.
Hammad Azar said that Pakistan is successfully reversing the tide of deindustrialization that began in 2008.
The minister said that capacity enhancements, new investments, and modernizations are already in play.
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