Pakistan has long been labelled an “agricultural economy” — a characterisation that shapes political rhetoric, policy priorities, and development discourse. This op-ed interrogates that assumption, examining the structural shift in Pakistan’s GDP composition, employment distribution, and export profile over recent decades. It asks whether the agricultural economy label still accurately describes Pakistan’s economic reality or whether it has become a politically convenient narrative that obscures the actual drivers of growth and employment. Published in Global Village Space, the piece makes the case for an evidence-based reassessment of Pakistan’s structural identity to ground future industrial and development policy in contemporary economic realities.