Pakistan: Govt told to renegotiate IMF terms
Pakistan will phase out Export Processing Zones (EPZs) and Special Economic Zones (SEZs) nationwide by 2035, under the IMF’s Extended Fund Facility conditionality, to bring all sectors under a uniform…
Pakistan: Govt unveils plan for 90% clean electricity
Awais says IMF restrictions hinder flexible power tariffs Energy Minister Awais Leghari is speaking in a video message. SCREENGRAB Federal Minister for Power Awais Leghari on Tuesday unveiled an ambitious…
We Don’t Need the IMF. We Need Discipline.
Pakistan has gone to the IMF twenty-four times. That number alone should force us to pause. It tells us that our problem is not the IMF, nor the global economy,…
Pakistan: IMF blocks tax relief on education
Pencils and books remain taxed; the import age limit has been lifted for cars meeting standards The government wants to accelerate economic growth to lower rising poverty and unemployment, but…
Beyond the IMF baseline: Pakistan’s hard fiscal choices in FY27 budget
On April 27, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) raised the policy rate by 100 basis points to 11.5%, its first hike since June 2023. On May 14, the International…
Pakistan may get USD200m under RSF from IMF: Aurangzeb
Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Wednesday that Pakistan is likely to get USD 200 million under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) from the IMF. The IMF’s board is…