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Fiscal surplus shrinks 40pc as revenues decline
<p>• Primary surplus drops to 2.1pc of GDP from 2.8pc last year <br>• Revenue falls despite higher tax collections; interest payments jump 23pc <br>• Provincial cash surpluses shrink 23pc; Balochistan posts deficit</p> <p>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s fiscal buffers weakened in the first quarter of the current fiscal year despite expenditure controls and subsidy cut