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Assurance from friendly countries needed for IMF-Pakistan loan deal
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 3 (ANI): Amid dwindling foreign reserves, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday announced the approval of USD 1.2 billion in loans on the condition that Pakistan should timely secure adequate assurances from friendly countries in order to tackle the wi
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Pakistan's IMF program depends on govt ability to make fiscal adjustments
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 2 (ANI): The restoration of Pakistan's delayed International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme depends on the government's capacity to make a fiscal adjustment of about 2.5 per cent of the GDP.
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'Cash payout for political optics': KP Minister takes jibe on Pakistan PM'
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 28 (ANI): After Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced a new relief package of Rs 28 billion per month "to protect the poor from the burden of petrol and diesel price hike", Kyber Pakhtunkhwa Finance Minister, Khyber Taimur Khan Jhagra while raising quest
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Shehbaz blames Imran for Pakistan's economic woes in his first public addr
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 28 (ANI): Refuting the allegations of foreign conspiracy made by PTI chief Imran Khan, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday blamed the PTI chief for major problems afflicting the nation including mounting loans, inflation and economic woes of the country
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Pakistan's gross debt to be 71.3 pc of GDP in 2022: IMF projection
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 22 (ANI): The Pakistan government's gross debt will decline from 74 pc of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2021 to an estimated 71.3 pc of GDP in 2022, according to International Monetary Fund (IMF) projections.
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Pakistan's trade deficit widens to USD 32 billion
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 4 (ANI): Pakistan's trade deficit widened by a staggering 82 per cent year on year to reach USD 31.96 billion as per the data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday.
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Pakistan faces public backlash over 'decades of begging' for loans, report
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 25 (ANI): Amid the release of a fresh tranche of loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Pakistani government is facing backlash from civil society, over the unending series of loans, a report said on Thursday.
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IMF wants Pakistan to 'do more' than just levying taxes, says it should fi
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], February 9 (ANI): The International Monetary Fund does not seem to be satisfied with the Imran Khan government despite the latter increased taxes on a number of products and services in Pakistan as IMF's Resident Representative Esther Perez Ruiz conveyed that Islamabad sho
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IMF approves USD 1bn loan tranche for Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 3 (ANI): The International Monetary Fund's executive board on Wednesday revived Pakistan's stalled programme and cleared USD 1 billion tranches after Islamabad gave complete autonomy to the country's central bank and took around PKR 800 billion measures, report
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IMF defer Pakistan's 6th review to release USD 1 billion
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 10 (ANI): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday deferred Pakistan's consideration of the completion of the sixth review and release of a USD 1 billion tranche under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF).
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No irregularity, Auditor General report 'misconstrued,' says Pak's Benazir
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 29 (ANI): The office of Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), a Pakistan federal cash transfer poverty reduction programme in Pakistan, has said that that "no irregularity" was committed during disbursements in relation to Ehsaas Emergency Cas" and the conte
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IMF rejects Pakistan's borrowing request
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 25 (ANI): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has rejected Pakistan's request to keep a door open for borrowing from the central bank amid the ongoing financial woes in the country.
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