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SepBy Zafar U. Ahmed Published in DAWN on September 03, 2022 IN the modern age, no country can flourish in isolation. They have to trade: whether for fuel, technology, labour, etc. Pakistan wants to import much, but has limited competitive goods to sell in return — so it takes from international lenders or relies on aid to […]
By S. Akbar Zaidi Published in DAWN on September 01, 2022 CELEBRATING an IMF deal is a contradiction in terms. Such agreements might temporarily rescue governments and their economies, but these are always anti-people with deep and deleterious long-term consequences. The announcement made by the IMF to revive Pakistan’s programme this week, which perhaps the government of[…]
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AugBy Mehtab Haider Published in The News on August 30, 2022 ISLAMABAD: The coalition government’s months-long strenuous efforts finally delivered on Monday as the IMF Executive Board revived the stalled programme and approved the combined 7th and 8th reviews and release of $1.1 billion tranche under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF). The Fund augmented the size of[…]
