An International Monetary Fund mission will arrive in Pakistan on September 23 to conduct a biannual review of the country’s economic performance under its $7 billion Extended Fund Facility and $1.4 billion Resilience and Sustainability Facility, marking the next major checkpoint in a lending programme that has become central to Pakistan’s fiscal management and, increasingly,...
The International Monetary Fund’s Executive Board has approved the disbursement of the latest tranche under Pakistan’s 37-month Extended Fund Facility, releasing funds after concluding a review mission that assessed the country’s progress on fiscal, energy and tax reform benchmarks. The approval brings total disbursements under the programme to well over half of its total value...