KARACHI: As reported in 2019, Sindh contributed $164 billion to the country’s GDP. Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said this while speaking at the 26th Annual General Body Meeting (AGM) of the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) at the NED University of Engineering & Technology on Friday. He said that he graduated from the NED University in 1986. “Being part of the most prestigious, professional and prudent community of the country, I assure of all my efforts for the betterment of the engineering profession,” he stated and congratulated the PEC on the successful conduct of its 2020 AGM during the Covid-19 pandemic. The CM said Sindh was the second largest province of Pakistan and Karachi being its provincial capital was the economic and industrial hub of the country, contributing $164 billion to the country’s GDP as reported in 2019. “This city accounts for almost half of the total collections of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) which is a substantial chunk of Sindh’s GDP - around 95 per cent,” he said and added that such contribution was due to engineers, industries and production activities including engineering services.