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Tuesday, December 23, 2025
TopicIMF aid to Pakistan

Topic: IMF aid to Pakistan

Pakistan ‘very hopeful’ of finalising a deal with IMF this month, says PM Shehbaz Sharif

The country is reeling from an economic crisis with inflation surging to 37.97% in May, posting a record for the second consecutive month and also the highest in South Asia.

IMF hoping for board meeting on Pakistan before financing program expires

The staff-level agreement has been delayed since November, with more than 100 days gone since the last staff-level mission to Pakistan, the longest such delay since at least 2008.

‘We cook once, eat it thrice… we even travel less,’ say Pakistanis battling extreme inflation

A report in the country’s newspaper Dawn tries to gauge the mood at the ground level, and reveals astonishing tales of struggle.

With default or harsh economic measures its choices, Pakistan stuck between rock & a hard place

Is this a seminal moment in Pakistan’s long-term decline? Ten days of intense negotiations with a visiting team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...

Pakistan celebrates securing foreign loans but it’s hardly a national achievement

In recent years, reliance on the West has been replaced by dependence on close strategic ally China, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states. This reflects the failure of economic governance.

Pakistan’s dwindling GDP doesn’t mean it will end up like Sri Lanka. It has IMF, nuclear arms

IMF is expected to begin the process of releasing a tranche worth $1.7 billion to Pakistan later this week.

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To meet fund crunch, Karnataka to auction plots in Bengaluru, raise Rs 4,000 crore

Siddaramaiah govt’s five schemes strain finances as GST changes hit revenues; debt to jump nearly Rs 80,000 crore. State also plans to auction liquor licences & extend bar timings.

Turkiye delivers second MILGEM-class corvette Khaibar to Pakistan Navy, two others in making

Contract for construction of four MILGEM-class ships was signed in 2018. PNS Bedir is to be delivered by June 2026, while PNS Tariq is due for delivery in first quarter of 2027.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.