May 23: Pakistan stocks slumped the most in almost two years, with all equities on the benchmark index falling, after the central bank unexpectedly raised interest rates to tame inflation at a 25-year high.
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State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has halted indefinitely all exchange companies from exporting British Pound, Euro and Dirham, meanwhile, the dollar in open market still got costlier.
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