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IMF bailout guarantees no end to Pak political turmoil
Islamabad: Pakistan has welcomed the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) partial bailout with a deep sense of relief, but also with a red face in what many perceive as “direct interference” in their…
- Pakistan
Cash-strapped Pakistan receives USD 2 billion from Saudi Arabia: Finance Minister Dar
Islamabad: Pakistan has received deposits of USD 2 billion from Saudi Arabia, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Tuesday, ahead of a key meeting of the IMF to endorse a loan for…
- Pakistan
Imran Khan sought IMF’s guarantee for timely general elections
Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan had sought International Monetary Fund (IMF) guarantee that the general elections in Pakistan will be held on its scheduled time, local media reported. In a…
- Pakistan
Pakistan assures IMF of USD 8 billion external payments: Report
Islamabad: Cash-strapped Pakistan has provided the IMF with a financing plan for external payments, in which it has informed the global lender that it will arrange USD 8 billion for the purpose instead…
- Pakistan
IMF team to seek assurance from Imran’s PTI on bailout package
Karachi: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is seeking the support of Pakistan’s major political parties, including Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), for a recently-announced $3 billion bailout programme, the lender said on…
- World
IMF board to meet on July 12 to review Pakistan’s loan agreement
Islamabad: The IMF’s executive board is set to meet on July 12 to review the USD 3 billion Standby Arrangement with cash-strapped Pakistan and will also possibly release the first tranche of USD…
- Pakistan
Shehbaz Sharif wants IMF loan programme to be Pakistan’s last
Lahore: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz urged that the $3 billion pact signed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) should be the country’s last loan programme with the global lender. The staff-level agreement…
- Pakistan
Pakistan, IMF reach $3bn deal after 8 months of delay
Islamabad: After an eight-month delay, the Pakistan government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have finally reached a staff-level pact on a $3 billion stand-by arrangement as the cash-strapped nation is teetering…
- Pakistan
IMF asks Pakistan to revise budget as deadline looms: Report
Islamabad: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked Pakistan to revise the budgetary framework for 2023-24 before its passage from the parliament in order to strike a staff-level agreement, The News International…
- Pakistan
Pakistan, IMF close to signing deal
Islamabad: There has been a likely breakthrough in Pakistan’s long-drawn-out parleys with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the tightly-negotiated ninth review and an official announcement regarding the signing of the deal…
- Middle East
Israel’s judicial reform could prompt hi-tech firms to relocate abroad: IMF
Jerusalem: A report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) cautioned that the uncertainty caused by the Israeli government-proposed judicial reform could prompt Israeli hi-tech companies to relocate abroad. The report issued on…
- Pakistan
All conditions met, no hurdle left in striking deal with IMF: Shehbaz Sharif
Lahore: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has expressed his optimism that Pakistan, which has fulfilled “all the preconditions” of the IMF, will still be able to sign a staff-level agreement with the global…
- Pakistan
Pakistan unlikely to devalue rupee as pressure has eased
Islamabad: Amid negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to restart a $6.7 billion bailout programme, Fitch Ratings said that it is unlikely that Pakistan will devalue its currency again as pressure…