For the last five years, Pakistan’s annual GDP growth has averaged just 3% – half the rate needed to absorb two million new labor-force entrants every year. If growth does not pick up, the ranks of the unemployed and underemployed will swell, increasing the size of the pool from which extremist groups find fresh recruits.
过去五年来，巴基斯坦年均GDP增长只有3%，需要翻番才能吸收每年200万新劳动大军。如果增长无法获得提高，无业和半就业人口就会膨胀，扩大极端组织发展对象规模。