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The central bank of Pakistan has increased the interest rate by 125 basis points (bps) to 15% in a bid to check the spiraling inflation. . The "most important" objective behind the move was to control inflation, said the acting governor of the State Bank of Pakistan Dr Murtaza Syed at a press conference after the monetary policy committee (MPC) met to decide on the policy