Growth target missed: Economic Survey ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Monday said inflation has significantly declined from 29 percent ... Updated 10 Jun, 2025 07:30am
Opinion Policy issues in EFF programme — I Pakistan’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme with International Monetary Fund (IMF), which as per one of its... Updated 06 Jun, 2025 05:28am
Markets IMF, govt to continue FY26 budget discussions ‘over the coming days’ Discussions also covered ongoing energy sector reforms, says IMF Updated 24 May, 2025 10:26pm
Print IMF dismisses misconceptions about lending to Pakistan WASHINGTON: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Director of Communications, Julie Kozack, firmly responded to an... Updated 24 May, 2025 10:42am
Print IMF has helped Pakistan stabilise economy: Zardari ISLAMABAD: A delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Jihad Azour, Friday, met with President... Updated 24 May, 2025 10:43am
Budget 2025-26 Agreed EFF conditions: Any deviation could affect future reviews ISLAMABAD: Any deviation from the established programme conditions would impact future reviews under the Pakistan... Updated 24 May, 2025 10:46am
Markets Pakistan ‘met all targets’, received board consensus for fund release: IMF IMF says its funding intended to resolve balance of payments issues and not for general budgetary spending Updated 23 May, 2025 09:49pm
Opinion Reflections on recently-released country report by IMF The recently released International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s, or simply the ‘Fund’s’) country report,... Updated 23 May, 2025 07:45am
Business & Finance Forex reserves exceed $16bn mark on IMF tranche KARACHI: Pakistan’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves rose by $1.034 billion during the last week, supported... Published 23 May, 2025 06:12am
Pakistan IMF delegation meets PM Shehbaz as Islamabad prepares Budget FY26 Fund to continue support Pakistan's economic reforms Updated 22 May, 2025 10:53pm
Budget 2025-26 The June 2025 budget will be Aurangzeb’s moment Finance minister Aurangzeb’s debut budget last June was written on an emergency-ward clipboard. He walked into... Updated 20 May, 2025 08:09am
Budget 2025-26 IMF sets 11 new structural benchmarks for Pakistan under $7bn EFF ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has set eleven new structural benchmarks (SBs) for the ongoing $7... Updated 19 May, 2025 09:52am
Print IMF projects Pakistan’s external debt to rise to $126.731bn by FY26 ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected increase in Pakistan’s external debt to reach... Updated 19 May, 2025 09:54am
Opinion The IMF speaks with a forked tongue Uploading the first review report on the International Mone-tary Fund (IMF) website on the weekend (Saturday), eight... Published 19 May, 2025 06:15am
Print IMF projects Pakistan’s external financing needs at $19.316bn ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected Pakistan’s gross external financing needs at $19.316... Updated 19 May, 2025 09:47am
Markets Pakistan receives second tranche of $1.02bn from IMF, confirms SBP Inflows will be reflected in SBP's liquid reserves to be released on May 16, 2025 Updated 14 May, 2025 10:18pm
Business & Finance India faces embarrassment as IMF approves $1bn tranche ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board on Friday completed the first review under the... Published 10 May, 2025 06:08am
Markets IMF Executive Board approves $1bn loan tranche for Pakistan Board also approves $1.4 billion under Resilience and Sustainability Facility Updated 11 May, 2025 10:03pm
Print IMF board meeting: First review, $1.3bn new deal on the table today ISLAMABAD: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is scheduled to meet on Friday (May 9) to... Updated 09 May, 2025 02:31pm
Opinion Problems with IMF projections—II The previous article had highlighted the problems with the macroeconomic projections by the IMF in the Staff Report... Updated 19 Nov, 2024 06:59am
Markets PM Shehbaz briefed on IMF talks, reviews economic situation The Ministry of Finance briefed Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif regarding the ongoing talks with the International... Updated 18 Nov, 2024 11:07pm
Markets Pakistan discusses $7bn bailout reform agenda with IMF in unusual talks Reforms in taxation, energy sector, privatisation of loss-making SOEs and public finance came under discussion, finance minister says Updated 17 Nov, 2024 11:18pm
Markets New record: KSE-100 settles above 94,000 amid buying momentum Experts say positive macroeconomic indicators including lower interest rates and controlled trade deficits providing positive momentum to stock market Updated 14 Nov, 2024 10:59pm
Opinion No surprise in the surprise visit The only surprise in the IMF team’s surprise visit to Pakistan this week was that it took the trouble to jolt the... Updated 14 Nov, 2024 07:15am
Print IMF briefed about recovery plan, local debt ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division on Wednesday apprised the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on debt, external... Updated 14 Nov, 2024 09:22am
Editorials IMF mission in town EDITORIAL: The schedule of reviews shared in the staff-level agreement report uploaded on the International Monetary... Published 13 Nov, 2024 07:07am
Business & Finance IMF team holds ‘unusual’ talks over $7bn bailout ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund’s Pakistan mission chief Nathan Porter on Tuesday opened unusual talks... Published 13 Nov, 2024 06:33am
Opinion Problem with IMF projections An IMF delegation has probably arrived in Pakistan to conduct a ‘stock-taking’ as indicated by the Finance... Updated 12 Nov, 2024 07:29am
Pakistan Pakistan’s bilateral partners to continue rollovers during IMF programme: SBP governor ISLAMABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Jameel Ahmad told analysts on Monday that bilateral partner... Updated 04 Nov, 2024 08:41pm
Business & Finance IMF cuts inflation forecast to 9.5pc: Aurangzeb ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund has lowered its inflation forecast for Pakistan for the current year by... Published 01 Nov, 2024 06:51am