Pakistan's economic crisis looms over last days of election campaign

Next government faces billions in debt bills, fallout from crackdown on Imran Khan

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A fruit vendor waits for customers in front of a makeshift Pakistan People's Party office in Karachi on Feb. 1. The country's economic crisis, including high inflation, is sure to challenge the next government. © Reuters

ADNAN AAMIR, Contributing writer

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's economic crisis is taking center stage in the last stretch of the country's election campaign, which has been marred by a repressive atmosphere and back-to-back jail sentences handed down to former Prime Minister Imran Khan.

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