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Factbox: Crisis-hit Pakistan’s macroeconomic indicators

Foreign exchange reserves have fallen to the lowest level in 10 years

Published 10 Feb, 2023 06:25pm

Business & Economy

Pakistan’s external position under significant stress: Moody’s

Pakistan's government liquidity and external vulnerability risks are elevated, says credit rating agency

Updated 10 Feb, 2023 06:16pm

Pakistan

Dar announces plans for mini-budget with Rs170 billion in new taxes

Says IMF recommendations are in Pakistan's interest

Updated 10 Feb, 2023 05:58pm

Business & Economy

Pakistan out of woods ‘for now’

Friendly countries expected to give $3 to $4 billion to country after IMF gree signal

Published 10 Feb, 2023 12:41am

Business & Economy

No agreement, and long list of demands as IMF team leaves

Some points will be decided by Washington, says finance secretary

Updated 10 Feb, 2023 10:19am

Pakistan

Dar says ‘good news’ likely today as Pakistan-IMF talks conclude

The government has agreed to most of the Fund's demands

Updated 09 Feb, 2023 02:20pm

Pakistan

Pakistan and IMF ‘struggling’ to reach consensus over deal

The government is still hopeful of reaching a deal this week

Published 07 Feb, 2023 08:45am

Business & Economy

IMF programme ‘a must’ for Pakistan to avoid default

Economic expert Mehtab Haider says country has three head where they have to cut expenditures

Published 07 Feb, 2023 02:16am

Business & Economy

PM Shehbaz describes how IMF is giving ‘tough time’ to Pakistan

Says global lender is reviewing ‘every book, every subsidy’ during talks

Published 06 Feb, 2023 12:31am

Pakistan

PTI will fill jails at my call: Imran

Says govt has no roadmap to improve economy

Published 04 Feb, 2023 04:23pm

Business & Economy

IMF giving Pakistan tough time in ‘unimaginable’ economic crisis: PM

Policy talks between IMF and Pakistan are set to begin from Friday

Published 03 Feb, 2023 01:53pm

Pakistan

IMF asks govt to end power subsidies: sources

The Fund's team is reportedly dissatisfied with how talks are progressing

Published 02 Feb, 2023 11:07am

Business & Economy

PM Shehbaz hopes to sign agreement with IMF for $1b loan this month

Pakistan secured a $6 billion IMF bailout in 2019

Updated 27 Jan, 2023 03:47pm

Business & Economy

IMF’s mission to visit Pakistan this month to discuss stalled funding programme

Global lender says an in-person Fund mission is scheduled to visit on January 31st

Published 26 Jan, 2023 09:17pm

Business & Economy

Pakistan’s economy grinding to a halt as dollars dry up

Pakistan's reserves are enough to pay for around a month of imports

Published 15 Jan, 2023 10:12am

World

Sri Lanka to slash military by a third to cut costs

Aim of the move is to create a 'technically and tactically sound and well-balanced' defence force by 2030, says minister

Published 13 Jan, 2023 03:24pm

Pakistan

Pakistan asks IMF for restructuring ‘pause’

PM Shehbaz says he is trying to persuade the global lender to give Islamabad some breathing space

Published 09 Jan, 2023 08:40pm

Business & Economy

Pakistan likely to dodge default in next 6 months, but troubles not over: Bloomberg

Report says investors worried about big dollar debt repayment in April 2024

Published 09 Jan, 2023 07:10pm

Pakistan

Pakistan seeks help with $16b flood rebuilding at UN conference

UN chief, France's Macron set to participate; Pakistan's finances seen as increasingly fragile

Updated 08 Jan, 2023 02:11pm

Business & Economy

Ishaq Dar to meet IMF in Geneva, in bid to resume bailout

Dar has been critical of the IMF lately, even saying that the lender was acting "abnormally"

Published 08 Jan, 2023 12:24pm

Pakistan

Pakistan to complete terms of IMF’s programme: PM

IMF MD to attend Geneva donor conference virtually

Published 07 Jan, 2023 09:16pm

Pakistan

IMF delegation to visit Pakistan in 2 to 3 days for ninth review, says PM Shehbaz

Premier confident that Pakistan will complete IMF programme

Updated 07 Jan, 2023 01:20pm

Business & Economy

Oil slides on worries on China, IMF slow-growth expectations

Market can’t expect rapid recovery of Chinese economy after three years of Covid curbs, says analyst Leon Li

Published 03 Jan, 2023 10:32am

Business & Economy

Headline inflation for December reaches 24.5%

CPI inflation in urban areas increased to 21.6

Published 02 Jan, 2023 05:49pm

Business & Economy

Gulf equities ring in new year on mixed note as oil, recession worries weigh

2023 is going to be a tough year, warns IMF

Published 02 Jan, 2023 03:50pm

Business & Economy

KSE-100 hits lowest level since July 2020 as crises compound

Selling pressure witnessed due to delay in resumption of IMF programme

Published 28 Dec, 2022 08:23pm

Pakistan

No risk of default, Dar adamant

Reiterates that Pakistan will complete IMF program

Updated 28 Dec, 2022 12:20pm

World

Ghana to default on most external debt as economic crisis worsens

Announcement comes a week after IMF staff-level agreement

Published 20 Dec, 2022 02:30pm

Business & Economy

Egypt gets $3b IMF loan after permitting ‘flexible exchange rate’

Egypt will benefit from the loan over 46 months under the Extended Fund Facility

Published 17 Dec, 2022 04:47pm

Pakistan

Did Pakistan violate its IMF agreement by reducing petrol prices?

A breakdown of the taxes you pay at the pump

Updated 16 Dec, 2022 01:20pm