Multibillion-dollar trade discrepancies put Pakistan data under IMF lens

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An employee counts Pakistani rupee notes at a bank in Peshawar, Pakistan. © Reuters

ADNAN AAMIR

ISLAMABAD -- A multibillion-dollar gap between import data from Pakistan's customs office and related statistics from the central bank has piqued the curiosity of the International Monetary Fund, which recently asked Islamabad to explain the discrepancy.

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