Shehbaz Sharif also expressed his gratitude to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The UAE had committed a loan of USD 3 billion. He lauded the efforts of Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and Chief of the Army Staff Asim Munir for making efforts in this r
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has "welcomed" Pakistan's confirmation of having secured crucial bilateral support from key partners and said it looked forward to receiving further "financing assurances as soon as possible", which would help conclude the much-delayed ninth review of a
Increasing interest rates and uncertainty in financial markets have further enhanced pressure on Pakistan's economy, with future economic prospects heavily reliant on structural reform.
Beijing is not happy with the strict conditions of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the resumption of the USD 6 billion bailout package program, which may exacerbate Pakistan's economic troubles and draw scrutiny to Chinese loans.
The next tranche of the IMF bailout package would depend on Pakistan's quick measures to arrange for full financing of its balance of payments deficit for the fiscal year 2022-23.
Notwithstanding the fact that crisis-hit country has completed a major part of IMF conditionality, glitches still remain with regard to external financing requirement.
IMF noted that the financial assurances from creditors paves the way for consideration of approval of the state-level agreement reached on September 1.
Making a special address in Parliament, the President said that the EXIM Bank of China last night handed over a new letter of assurance pertaining to Sri Lanka's debt restructuring, according to Newswire.
Pakistan faces a crippling economic crisis, with decades-high inflation and critically low foreign exchange reserves depleted by continued debt repayment obligations.
Pakistan is seeking a USD 7 billion bailout package from the IMF to prevent the collapse of the economy. While the visiting IMF delegation is asking for several reforms and compliance with its conditionality.