Bloomberg Economics rated PML-N best performer among rival PPP and PTI

Bloomberg Economics ranked PML – N  first, PTI founder Imran Khan second and PPP third place for “best performance in managing the economy over the past three decades”.

Bloomberg Economics interpreted the figures by using a misery index for Pakistan, an informal measure of the state of an economy generated by adding together its rates of inflation and unemployment.

Bloomberg Economics found that Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) scored better than Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) of former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.

In last thirty years PML-N ruled Pakistan four times under Sharif and his younger brother Shehbaz Sharif.

The PPP under the Bhutto dynasty has held power three times, while Imran Khan was in office for a four-year term ending in April 2022 when he was ousted from power in a parliamentary no-trust vote.

Bloomberg Economics Misery Index Results for Pakistan showed the Pakistan Muslim League scored 14.5 percent, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 16.1 percent and the Pakistan Peoples Party 17.2 percent.

Despite a higher misery index, Khan is still the most popular politician, with an approval rating of 57 percent, according to a recent Gallup opinion poll.

Sharif’s ratings have jumped to 52 percent from 36 percent in the past six months.

Inflation is close to 30 percent in Pakistan, the currency was Asia’s worst performer last year and foreign exchange reserves have slumped.