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ISLAMABAD: Adviser to PM on Finance and Revenue Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh has said that an agreement has been reached between the government and the traders community to increase tax revenue for growth and public development. Shaikh…

ISLAMABAD: Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance & Revenue, has said the government is focused on implementation of the IMF programme. “The containment of current and fiscal deficits and stabilisation of…

The Ministry of Finance has contradicted a news report published in a section of the press claiming that IMF has barred Pakistan from extending sovereign guarantees till December Review. In a statement, Finance Division has termed the…

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission, led by Ernesto Ramirez Rigo, visited Islamabad and Karachi during September 16–20, 2019 to take stock of economic developments since the start of the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and discuss…

Jihad Azour, Director Middle East & Central Asia, IMF called on Prime Minister Imran Khan at PM Office yesterday. Advisor Finance Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, Governor State Bank, Secretary Finance were also present during the meeting,…

Pakistan needs to mobilise domestic tax revenue to ensure funds for social and development programs, while reducing debt, the acting director of the International Monetary Fund said on Sunday after a meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has received the first tranche of loan of $991.4 million from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under the under Extended Fund Facility (EFF). According to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), the country's foreign…

KARACHI: International Monetary Fund Mission chief for Pakistan Ernesto Ramirez-Rigo has said that the first tranche of $1 billion will be released soon. Talking to media, Ernesto said that releasing loan would help stabilize the…

WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday approved a $6 billion, three-year loan for Pakistan to try to right the South Asian nation's economy. With the IMF board's approval, the fund released $1 billion to Pakistan…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan hinted at taking action against tax evaders on Tuesday, saying that no concessions would be given to individuals who do not avail the tax amnesty scheme.

ISLAMABAD: Former finance minister Asad Umar said on Monday that the IMF deal is less stringent than the one the money lender offered a few months after the new government came into power.

As the US dollar soared to a record high of Rs152 on Monday, Pakistanis called for a dollar boycott the very next day on Twitter.

Economist Atif Mian started a detailed thread on Twitter in which he evaluated the 'structural adjustment' programme between the IMF and Pakistan.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will soon come out of the economic crisis it faces, said Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday in a meeting with the business community.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s stocks capped the worst week in 17 years, a few days after it was announced that the country and the IMF had agreed on a bailout package.