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THE INFLUENCE OF PAKISTANS POLITICAL UNREST ON THE COUNTRYS RATE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/ger.2023(VIII-II).01      10.31703/ger.2023(VIII-II).01      Published : Jun 2023

The Influence of Pakistan's Political Unrest on the Country's Rate of Economic Growth

Abstract

    This study explores how political instability, influences economic performance. Pakistan's recent two decades have seen the overthrow of democratic governments, the installation of dictatorships, and conflicts between politicians, bureaucrats, the military, and the judiciary. The researcher used primary and secondary data. Political instability statistics came from questionnaires and political instability indexes, whereas economic growth metrics including inflation, public debt, and GDP came from IMF, World Bank, Asian Development, Ministry of Finance, Government of Pakistan, and State Bank of Pakistan databases. We collected data for 20 years (from 2000-2020). Descriptive and inferential statistics tested hypotheses. Thus, assumptions were tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation, Linear, and Multiple Regression. This study found that political instability affected the economic growth of Pakistan. Political instability decreases economic growth statistically and economically.

    Political Instability, Economic Growth, Economic Growth of Pakistan

    (1) Nasir Ullah Khan
    PhD Scholar, Department of Political Science & International Relations, Qurtuba University, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Sumera Farid
    Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, University of Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Raza Ullah Shah
    Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Qurtuba University, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Khan, N. U., Farid, S., & Shah, R. U. (2023). The Influence of Pakistan's Political Unrest on the Country's Rate of Economic Growth. Global Economics Review, VIII(II), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.31703/ger.2023(VIII-II).01

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Khan, Nasir Ullah, Sumera Farid, and Raza Ullah Shah. 2023. "The Influence of Pakistan's Political Unrest on the Country's Rate of Economic Growth." Global Economics Review, VIII (II): 1-8 doi: 10.31703/ger.2023(VIII-II).01

HARVARD

    HARVARD : KHAN, N. U., FARID, S. & SHAH, R. U. 2023. The Influence of Pakistan's Political Unrest on the Country's Rate of Economic Growth. Global Economics Review, VIII, 1-8.

MHRA

    MHRA : Khan, Nasir Ullah, Sumera Farid, and Raza Ullah Shah. 2023. "The Influence of Pakistan's Political Unrest on the Country's Rate of Economic Growth." Global Economics Review, VIII: 1-8

MLA

    MLA : Khan, Nasir Ullah, Sumera Farid, and Raza Ullah Shah. "The Influence of Pakistan's Political Unrest on the Country's Rate of Economic Growth." Global Economics Review, VIII.II (2023): 1-8 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Khan, Nasir Ullah, Farid, Sumera, and Shah, Raza Ullah (2023), "The Influence of Pakistan's Political Unrest on the Country's Rate of Economic Growth", Global Economics Review, VIII (II), 1-8

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Khan, Nasir Ullah, Sumera Farid, and Raza Ullah Shah. "The Influence of Pakistan's Political Unrest on the Country's Rate of Economic Growth." Global Economics Review VIII, no. II (2023): 1-8. https://doi.org/10.31703/ger.2023(VIII-II).01