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Infrastructure and Development in Pakistan

Introduction:- This paper aims  to research   the connection  between physical infrastructure and economic development of  Asian nation . A composite index of physical infrastructure has been  created  through Principal  element  Analysis. This has been done by taking  into consideration   3   totally different  dimensions of infrastructure i.e. transportation infrastructure, energy infrastructure and telecommunication infrastructure. Johansen Cointegration Technique has been applied  to verify  the existence of co-integration among the variables of our interest. The empirical analysis shows that co-integration exists among the variables of economic development,  utilized  labour force, gross  personal   mounted  capital formation and physical infrastructure. The variables of  utilized  labour force, gross  personal   mounted  capital formation and physical infrastr...