IMF Loan
Disbursement will be made under two concurrent progarmmes — $7bn Extended Fund Facility and Resilience and Sustainability Facility.
Updated 26 Apr, 2026 09:30pm
Georgieva stresses “sound policies and deeper structural reforms remain key to sustaining growth”; finmin meets ADB president, UN chief, others.
Updated 16 Apr, 2026 01:37pm
At IMF panel, Aurangzeb describes Middle East war as one of the largest supply shocks in recent history.
Updated 15 Apr, 2026 03:24pm
Finance minister says IMF's board is likely to sign off on the latest tranche by the end of April or early May.
Updated 14 Apr, 2026 11:50am
Petrol consumption currently averages around 660,000 tonnes per month, compared to about 600,000 tonnes for diesel.
Updated 06 Apr, 2026 12:32pm
These funds are part of external financing support extended by the UAE in 2019 to help stabilise Pakistan’s balance of payments and have been rolled over multiple times.
Updated 04 Apr, 2026 11:47am
Mission says Pakistani authorities made "good progress" in implementing climate resilience agenda; aims to conclude talks in coming days.
Updated 12 Mar, 2026 10:26am
Aims to meet structural benchmark by end of this month.
Updated 11 Mar, 2026 08:06am
By endorsing sham austerity, IMF has failed its duty-of-care responsibility to Pakistanis.
Updated 05 Mar, 2026 09:24am
The IMF mission led by Iva Petrova had to immediately relocate to Istanbul; Fund says discussions to continue virtually.
Updated 02 Mar, 2026 10:11pm
The mission will remain in Karachi this week and begin policy discussions with the federal and provincial governments on Monday.
Updated 25 Feb, 2026 06:04pm
Notes that fiscal performance has been "strong" and headline inflation "relatively contained".
Published 20 Feb, 2026 03:11pm
Pakistan has met almost all quantitative performance criteria for end-December 2025 but lags behind in indicative targets, structural benchmarks.
Updated 18 Feb, 2026 10:14am
Most ‘exit plans’ suffer from a basic flaw which confuses aspirations with instruments.
Updated 28 Jan, 2026 09:26am
Lender projects interest payments to ease through FY30 as policy rates fall; for the current year, the Fund has revised its estimate to 6.5pc of GDP from 6.7pc in view of lower policy rates.
Updated 27 Dec, 2025 11:24am
Many Pakistani analysts argue that IMF conditionalities only address the financial dimension of the country’s complex economic challenges.
Updated 22 Dec, 2025 09:07am
"The measures referenced are part of a phased, medium-term reform agenda agreed with the IMF," ministry says.
Updated 14 Dec, 2025 02:07pm
Additional taxes, spending cuts planned to offset revenue shortfalls; govt commits to raising federal excise duty on fertilisers, pesticides.
Updated 12 Dec, 2025 08:06am
THE IMF Executive Board’s approval of the second review of its Extended Fund Facility and the first of the...
Updated 10 Dec, 2025 07:57am
Pakistan’s economic growth projected to inch up from 2.6 per cent in FY2024 to 3.2pc by FY2026.
Updated 09 Dec, 2025 05:29pm
Allows Islamabad to draw $1bn under EFF and $200m under RSF after successful review; says country maintained stability despite severe floods and a difficult global environment.
Updated 09 Dec, 2025 07:07am
Aurangzeb rejects delay claims, cites thorough review process.
Updated 02 Dec, 2025 08:28am
A fundamental weakness in the report is the reluctance to admit the role of external agencies.
Updated 01 Dec, 2025 09:41am
Many of its priority recommendations are “already work in progress”, govt had itself requested and facilitated the assessment to strengthen institutional reforms, finance minister says.
Updated 30 Nov, 2025 09:57pm
Calls for immediate steps to combat corruption and inefficiencies.
Updated 26 Nov, 2025 07:31am
THE IMF’s long-awaited Governance and Corruption Diagnostic Assessment report on Pakistan is a grim analysis of ...
Published 21 Nov, 2025 07:54am
Islamabad to publish governance and corruption report before executive board meets next month.
Published 13 Nov, 2025 07:50am
Governance and Corruption Diagnostic Assessment is a structural benchmark under $7bn bailout package.
Updated 05 Nov, 2025 08:06am
Says Afghanistan should initiate matters for talks if it is sincere and serious.
Updated 16 Oct, 2025 06:01pm
If approved, Pakistan will receive $1bn under the Extended Fund Facility and $200 million under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility.
Updated 15 Oct, 2025 09:36am
