Economy expands on improved security

> Pakistan’s improving security environment, economic expansion at near 5 per cent and cheap consumer prices are driving shoppers to spend up big. > The market is predicted to expand 8.2 per cent per annum through 2016-2021 as disposable income has doubled since 2010. > The size of the middle class is estimated to surpass that of the UK and Italy in the forecast period. > Almost two-thirds of the nation’s 207.8 million people are aged under 30