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Feb

IMF 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 Friday released its detailed report on the […]

07

Feb

Accord 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 cluster near Lahore ISLAMABAD / BEIJING: Pakistan’s[…]

04

Feb

No 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 cent next year. “I am still hoping[…]