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Pakistan economic woes go from bad to worse before elections
Published Mon, Feb 26, 2018 · 09:50 PM
Karachi
Five months before national polls Pakistan's government is struggling to fix its economy.
The South Asian nation of more than 200 million people devalued its currency in December and raised taxes in October to curb rising imports. Despite these moves both Pakistan's current account and trade deficits are hitting records while foreign exchange reserves continue to fall.
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