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FebIMF slaps six new conditions on Pakistan
By Shahbaz Rana Published in The Express Tribune on February 05, 2022 ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has slapped six more conditions on Pakistan, including increasing individual income tax rates and power tariffs while also faulted Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin’s first budget for increasing macroeconomic vulnerabilities. The IMF on […]
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FebAccord signed with China for industrial cooperation
By Amin Ahmed Published in DAWN on February 05, 2022 • Framework will facilitate global investment, industries relocation to special economic zones • PM meets Chinese corporate leaders, NDRC chairman • Imran says CPEC delivering tangible benefits • Chinese firms ready to set up $3.5bn Gwadar reprocessing park, $350m textile[…]
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FebNo need for another IMF package with 6% growth
Published in DAWN on February 03, 2022 ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin on Thursday said that despite commodity price shocks in the international market, the country’s economy would grow by 4.5 per cent to 5 per cent during the current fiscal year and by 6 per[…]
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FebIs politics calling the economic shots?
By Afshan Subohi Published in DAWN on January 31, 2022 THE higher 5.7 per cent 2020-21 growth rate will make it a tad harder for Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin and his team to convince the people of their performance by the end of the ongoing fiscal in case there is[…]
