Trade activities soar to multi-year high Surge comes on back of government’s policies to ramp up economy amid pandemic KARACHI: Pakistan’s import and export activities geared up to multi-year high in the fiscal year ended June 30 in the wake of government policies to ramp up economic activities to get out of the Covid-19 pandemic stress. However, the growth strategy has weakened the country’s capacity to make international payments for imports and foreign debt repayments. The trade deficit surged by a massive $30 billion in FY21 and mounted pressure on rupee against the US dollar, as it dropped to a nine-month low at $161.48 to the greenback on Tuesday, the last working day ahead of Eidul Azha holidays.