Required Investment, Private and Foreign:

Over the next five years period, Pakistan envisions to have an average annual growth
rate of LSM to be 13.4 percent with an investment of Rs. 1485.0 billion in the manufacturing industry. An amount of Rs 8.0 billion will be spent through Federal PSDP for skill development, productivity improvement, together with capacity for R&D, quality standards, and accreditation. The share of manufacturing sector is expected to rise from 18.2 percent in 2004-05 to 21.9 percent in 2009-10. The corresponding changes in the various prominent sub-groups are at Annex 2.