Final Year Projects (FYPs) - Undergraduates

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This collection archives the complete set of theses produced by students of the COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus.

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The Differential Impact of Individual Components of Direct and Indirect Taxes on Economic Growth of Pakistan
(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2025) Muhammad Adeel Khalid; CIIT/FA23-REC-001/LHR; Dr Rafi Amir-ud-Din; LHR TP 9708
Pakistan’s economy is facing a grim challenge of fiscal deficit that is characterized by widening gap between government’s tax revenue and expenditures. Taxation and economic growth have a complex relationship that has been debated among scholars. The research gap identified is that there is inconclusive evidence with respect to the differential impact of components of direct and indirect taxes on Pakistan’s GDP growth. The purpose of the study is to investigate the impact of Direct Taxes, and Indirect Taxes including Sales Tax, Custom Duty and Excise Duty on the economic growth of Pakistan. The study has tested test three hypothesis and estimation strategy is based upon Unit Root Tests and ARDL Analysis. The study has used data from State Bank of Pakistan consisting of 20 years of monthly tax revenue collection from January 2001 to June 2022. The estimation strategy used for this study includes standard time series techniques such as Unit Root test encompassing both the Phillips-Perron (PP) and Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) tests, and ARDL. The results of the study indicate that there is an insignificant relationship between tax structure and GDP growth rate of Pakistan. The reasons for this insignificant relationship include highly significant impact of some of the control variables, and many other factors beyond the tax structure of Pakistan.
The impact of urbanization, infrastructure development and FDI on Pakistan’s economic growth
(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2023) Samar Shahid; SP20-BEC-001; Dr. Maaida Hussain Hashmi
The aim of this paper is to examine the impact of the strategic pillars of growth in Pakistan, which include foreign direct investment inflows, urbanization rate, youth dependency ratio, and investment in electricity. We used a bound test and error correction model of auto-regressive distributed lag (ARDL) over the period of 1999 to 2022. The findings state that these variables are negatively correlated with GDP growth rate, which means they have a significant but declining effect on the long-run economic growth of Pakistan. Based on the findings and policy recommendations, the nation can excel with the right planning on urbanization, youth development initiatives and proper foreign investments in local resources, uplifting employment, and industrial growth. It is recommended to the policymakers to analyze how and what policies to be implemented on these factors.
The Role of Foreign Remittances in Fostering the GDP of Pakistan
(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2023) MUHAMMAD UMER; SP20-BEC-005; HINA AMIR
The study is an addition to the research to examine the contribution that worker remittances provide to Pakistan's GDP. The analysis of the study concluded the impact of workers’ remittances, inflation, unemployment rate, emigrants, and total reserves on the GDP of Pakistan. Time series data (1993 to 2021) has been gathered from different authentic sources like the World Bank and IMF. The results of the ADF unit root test indicate that emigration and inflation are stationary at levels, whereas worker remittances, the unemployment rate, and total reserves are stationary at first difference. Both a long-term and short-term link between the variables is shown by the ARDL findings. The findings demonstrate that GDP is significant impacted by each independent variable. Furthermore, the study examined that the workers’ remittances and emigrants is positively related to the GDP of Pakistan while inflation, unemployment rate, and total reserves are negatively related to the GDP of Pakistan. The findings of this study will be a great contribution to the current research for policy recommendations.