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KARACHI: The cash-starved government raised almost 300 per cent more than the target through the auction of treasury bills on Wednesday, reflecting a widening gap between revenue collection and its ever-rising expenditures. The caretaker government has been borrowing heavily to meet the rising spending while the banks are equally eager to invest in the risk-free high-yielding government papers. In the …

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