05-17-2008, 10:22 PM
[center]<b><span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>External liabilities swell to $45.82bn</span></b> <!--emo&:flush--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/Flush.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Flush.gif' /><!--endemo-->[/center]
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>KARACHI : Total external liabilities of the country surged to $45.822 billion by the end of March 2008, compared to $42.882 billion on December 31, 2007.</b>
Although former prime minister Shaukat Aziz and his team of ministers claimed that their government had broken the begging bowl, figures of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) showed a different picture. <b>Five years ago on June 30, 2003, total external liabilities of the country stood at $35.439 billion.</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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