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Nov

Pakistan wins initial IMF approval to unlock $700m tranche under SBA

Published in The News on November 15, 2023 In a positive development, Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a staff-level agreement on the first review under a Stand-By Arrangement (SBA), subject to approval by the Executive Board of the global lender. Upon approval, Pakistan will have access to $700 million, the IMF announced in […]

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Nov

Where are we on population?

By Memoona Qazi Published in The News on November 14, 2023 The year 2018 saw a significant moment in the history of population discourse in the country when the then-chief justice of Pakistan took suo-motu notice of the high population growth in the country. The outcome of this was a president’s ‘task force’ which together with the[…]