THE government’s efforts to boost Pakistan’s external sector through diversified financing, higher foreign exchange reserves, and improved access to international capital markets are welcome. After years of recurring balance-of-payment crises, the country needs a more reliable strategy to meet its foreign currency obligations. But can Pakistan achieve lasting stability without substantially increasing its capacity to earn foreign exchange? At a meeting with the US Treasury under-secretary in Bangkok, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb discussed the........

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