{
  "id": 6380299,
  "title": "PM seeks export-led growth push",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/pm-seeks-export-led-growth-push",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-08T19:00:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Express Tribune - Pakistan",
    "slug": "the-express-tribune-pakistan",
    "url": "https://tribune.com.pk/story/2628226/pm-seeks-export-led-growth-push"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed on Tuesday that export-led economic growth was the government's main priority. He convened a meeting with leading industrialists, businessmen, and entrepreneurs to discuss challenges to higher exports and solicit their input. The prime minister highlighted that the government had implemented structural reforms over the past two and a half years, in consultation with the private sector. He emphasized that economic growth without an export focus would be meaningless, hence special tax relief has been provided to exporters in the budget. The prime minister directed the authorities to examine extending the super tax exemption for exporters. During the meeting, the government's economic team reported unprecedented improvements in enforcement measures, recovering Rs800 billion in the last fiscal year without raising new taxes. The government is also working on simplifying rules, cutting compliance costs, and facilitating commercial activity to promote business activity and improve the ease of doing business. The Trade Facilitation Board is being strengthened based on proposals from the business community. Efforts are being made to train the workforce to meet industrial requirements, and measures are in place to integrate small and medium-sized enterprises into the export sector.",
  "summary": "Govt weighs extending super tax relief for exporters",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}