Pakistan to raise import duties to head off currency crisis更新于2018年9月19日 14:07 By Farhan Bokhari,Kiran Stacey in Islamabad, in New Delhi
Pakistan will raise import duties on 5,000 different items and slash spending on infrastructure projects in an attempt to balance its budget, the government of Imran Khan has announced.
Warning that Pakistan was “on the precipice of a crisis”, Asad Umar, finance minister, on Tuesday unveiled a range of measures to cut the country’s budget and current account deficits.