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Pakistan IMF bailout

February 15, 2023
Pakistan Hikes Natural Gas Taxes in Bid to Restart IMF Bailout
By Muir Ahmed and Riaz Khan
The government's bid to revive a $6 billion bailout led it to hike taxes on natural gas for domestic and industrial consumers from 16 percent to 112 percent.

September 28, 2022
Pakistan’s Vicious IMF Cycle
By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid
Governments come and go, but Pakistan's economic woes – and its love/hate relationship with the IMF – remain constant.

June 15, 2022
Pakistan’s New Budget Aims to Please the IMF
By Umair Jamal
However, the funding body's representatives say that additional measures are needed to bring the budget in line with its objectives.

May 19, 2022
Pakistan’s New Government Mends Ties With the US
By Umair Jamal
Rapprochement could help ease Pakistan’s troubles with negotiating loans from the IMF.

May 16, 2022
The Clock’s Ticking on Pakistan’s Economic Bailout
By Niha Dagia
The new government could either take the decision of cutting fuel subsidies or call for fresh elections and leave that tough decision to an interim government.

April 20, 2022
Pakistan Acts Tough on Top Terrorist
By Liam Gibson
Its sentencing of Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed is grounded in economic realism.

February 27, 2021
Focused US-Pakistan Engagement Is Better for Pakistan’s Economic Future
By Shezad Lakhani
Issue de-linkage is the need of the hour when it comes to Islamabad-Washington relations.

February 07, 2020
Is Pakistan’s Economy Recovering?
By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid
While there are positive signs, the IMF bailout conditions continue to pinch for average Pakistanis.

August 03, 2019
The IMF Repeats Old Mistakes in Its New Loan Program for Pakistan
By Shezad Lakhani
This wasn’t Pakistan’s first IMF bailout, and it won’t be its last – unless the IMF changes its approach.

July 18, 2019
The IMF Takeover of Pakistan
By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid
Many Pakistanis see the terms of the $6 billion bailout package as a hostile takeover of their economy and government.

May 21, 2019
Pakistan’s Economy Remains Imran Khan’s Biggest Challenge
By Umair Jamal
The task of effectively managing the economy is going to be the government’s biggest political challenge in the coming months.

September 18, 2018
The Coming of Pakistan-China ‘Entente Cordiale 2.0’
By Abdur Rehman Shah
A relationship previously specific in scope has expanded beyond closed diplomatic corridors, bringing new challenges.
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