Mobile phone imports fall 8.85pc in two months
Imports totaled $274.129 million in July-August of fiscal 2026-27, down from the same period last year, APP reported.
Pakistan’s mobile phone imports fell 8.85 percent to $274.129 million in the first two months of the current fiscal year 2026-27, the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reported. The state-run news agency compared the figure with the same period of the previous financial year. APP did not provide a monthly breakdown or the value in local currency.
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Information ministry blames Kabul inaction for strained Pakistan-Afghanistan ties
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