According to HRW, the IMF should work with the Pakistan government by broadening protection systems and minimising reform measures that risk further harm to the most vulnerable people.
Meanwhile, Pakistan is contesting the fiscal gap in achieving the primary deficit. Pakistani authorities have asked the IMF for incorporating flow of reduction under the revised Circular Debt Management Plan (CDMP) and reduced the amount of required additional subsidy of Rs 605 billion again
Senior government officials said that IMF mission chief for Pakistan Nathan Porter has reached in Islamabad to hold technical discussion with authorities.
According to a Pakistani television broadcast citing the sources, Pakistan and the IMF, who arrived today, will hold technical talks for the first four days, wherein economic data from different departments will be reviewed.
This quick depletion of the forex reserves was blamed on the PDM government's indecisiveness vis-a-vis revival of the IMF program which had been stalled since the last days of PTI's government.
According to the statement released by the IMF, the international fund organization Resident Representative for Pakistan Esther Perez Ruiz said: "At the request of the authorities, an in-person Fund mission is scheduled to visit Islamabad [from] January 31 - February 9 to continue the dis
The burning question is - given the generous donation of the international community, will Pakistan be able to redeem itself or default again and remain a global joke?