Emergence of Karachi as the Largest Industrial Region of Pakistan

Muhammad Jawed Iqbal; Ahsan Ullah

doi:10.6000/1927-5129.2017.13.64

Authors

Muhammad Jawed Iqbal Federal Urdu University of Arts Sciences and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan
Ahsan Ullah Khadim Ali Shah Bukhari Institute of Technology, Karachi, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6000/1927-5129.2017.13.64

Keywords:

Excess Value Added, Export-oriented Industry, Hi-tec Manufacturing, County Excess.

Abstract

The analysis based on the data published by the CMI (2005-06) remarkably brings out the outstanding position of Karachi as the largest industrial center of the country. Though the industrial development is spreading fast in other districts, Karachi continues to expand as the largest manufacturing region with unabated prospects and potential for further growth in the near future, since new areas in Karachi Division are being developed for export-oriented industry and hi-tech manufacturing. The high value addition in Karachi is a distinctive trend. McCarty’s measure of excess value added has been employed to ascertain the rank of Karachi as an apex industrial district in Pakistan.

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