--- title: "Ahsan Iqbal stresses importance of export targets for economic growth" description: "Most outlets reported that Federal Minister Ahsan Iqbal emphasized the need for Pakistan to achieve a $100 billion export target by 2035 to address economic challenges. Associated Press of Pakistan highlighted the necessity of meeting the target to break the dependency trap, while Business Recorder framed the focus as building a competitive, export-driven economy to solve balance of payments issues. Both excerpts presented the minister’s remarks as a policy solution but used slightly different phrasing to describe the economic goal." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/14339-bop-problems-competitive-export-driven-economy-constitutes site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Ahsan Iqbal stresses importance of export targets for economic growth business · updated 15 Oct 2026, 5:14 AM PKT · 14–15 Oct 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported that Federal Minister Ahsan Iqbal emphasized the need for Pakistan to achieve a $100 billion export target by 2035 to address economic challenges. Associated Press of Pakistan highlighted the necessity of meeting the target to break the dependency trap, while Business Recorder framed the focus as building a competitive, export-driven economy to solve balance of payments issues. Both excerpts presented the minister’s remarks as a policy solution but used slightly different phrasing to describe the economic goal. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Business Recorder** — [BoP problems: Competitive, export-driven economy constitutes the solution: Ahsan](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40444270/bop-problems-competitive-export-driven-economy-constitutes-the-solution-ahsan) · 15 Oct 2026, 5:14 AM PKT > ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Ahsan Iqbal on Wednesday called for a globally competitive, export-driven economy to overcome Pakistan’s recurring balance of payments related problems and strengthen economic sovereignty, saying that achieving the USD100 billion export target by 2035 is essential for Pakistan to break the cycle of economic dependenc... - **Associated Press of Pakistan** — [Achieving export targets essential to breaking dependency trap: Ahsan](https://www.app.com.pk/national/achieving-export-targets-essential-to-breaking-dependency-trap-ahsan/) · 14 Oct 2026, 2:01 PM PKT · 85% identical wording to the newest filing > ISLAMABAD, Oct 14 (APP):Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Professor Ahsan Iqbal on Wednesday said achieving the $100 billion export target by 2035 was essential for Pakistan to break the cycle of economic dependency, ensure sustainable growth and strengthen its economic independence. 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