Former federal minister and Professor Emeritus Dr Hafiz Pasha has estimated, with research assistance from Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC), that the GDP growth rate in 2015-16 is likely to be 3.1. This is substantially less than the GDP growth rate of 4.7 in 2015-16, reported by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). br br Mr. Riaz Haq (riazhaq.com) is no supporter of Sharif's government rejecting the claim of SPDC.