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Why the IMF?

By Rashid Amjad Published in DAWN on January 1, 2023 AS a champion of market fundamentalism and regaining and maintaining macroeconomic balance, however high the costs, there are very few people and even fewer economists who have a good word to say about the IMF. Indeed, going for support to the IMF is a country’s worse economic […]

IMF negotiations

Published in DAWN on December 26, 2022 WITH the country’s foreign exchange reserves depleting to dangerous levels, all eyes are on the government to see how its negotiations with the IMF pan out. Friday’s pages carried a concerning report on the State Bank’s forex holdings, which stood at just $6.1bn after the week that ended Dec 16.[…]

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Dec

IMF: back to square one

By Sarfaraz A Khan Published in DAWN on December 19, 2022 KARACHI: It wasn’t long ago when previous finance minister Miftah Ismail went to the IMF in the hope of securing a deal and getting funds that the country desperately needed. A few months later, Pakistan is back in pretty much the same situation. Pakistan’s financial managers[…]