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Sunday, November 2, 2025
TopicIMF aid to Pakistan

Topic: IMF aid to Pakistan

IMF seeks clarity from Pakistan on $11-billion worth discrepancies in its import data

Pakistan is currently receiving assistance from at least two IMF programmes, one of which was approved right after Operation Sindoor in May.

World peace through self indulgence & hassle-free loans for terrorists

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Pakistan receives second tranche worth $1 bn under extended fund facility from IMF

The State Bank of Pakistan said the amount will be reflected in its foreign exchange reserves for the week ending 16 May.

From Mar-a-Lago to Mahabharat & all the world’s a burning playground

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

IMF sanctions $2.3bn fund for Pakistan, India abstains from vote citing terror funding concerns

For the Pakistani economy, the IMF bailout is key to its economy. In the week ending 25 April, Pakistan’s total foreign exchange reserves stood at $15.25 billion.

Punjab only the first as Pakistan provinces scramble to hike agricultural income tax under IMF terms

Pakistan's Punjab govt has tabled legislation that could see rates as high as 45%. Agricultural income tax hikes among measures prescribed to raise revenue under $7bn IMF bailout deal.

Pakistan finance minister warns of ‘transition pain’ as IMF agrees to give the country ‘last’ loan

The $7 billion loan is Pakistan’s 25th International Monetary Fund programme since 1947—the highest number of any country.

PML-N’s Shehbaz Sharif to take oath as Pakistan’s prime minister for second term

Sharif will return to the role he held until August when parliament was dissolved ahead of the elections and a caretaker government took charge.

Why Pakistani stock markets are touching new highs despite economic fragility

In 2023, Pakistan was grappling with the risk of debt default, unprecedented inflation, record-high yields on government bills, and political instability. But 2024 is all set to be a happy new year.

How much debt is too much debt? Curious case of Pakistan’s $69 billion Chinese debt trap

Data shows China has committed $68.91 bn in long-term loans to Pakistan & that Islamabad secured at least one emergency rescue loan from Beijing each year from 2012 till 2021.

On Camera

Nothing suits dictatorship more than a subservient judiciary: Justice HR Khanna

The totalitarian states indeed are never tired of claiming a legal basis for their action and are too eager to make use of conventional legal institutions to further their ends, said Justice HR Khanna in 1980.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.