IMF: What was PM’s real mistake?
While addressing a select group of senior journalists in Islamabad on December 8, 2020, the Prime Minister made a stunning admission that not going to the IMF at the earliest…
‘World Economic Outlook’ and IMF’s own performance
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently released the April edition of its flagship report ‘World Economic Outlook (WEO)’ titled ‘Managing divergent recoveries’, where it revised upward its earlier projection for…
IMF/World Bank reports
The International Monetary Fund’s report titled “Fiscal Monitor: a fair shot” appears to be, at best, coincidental and, at worst, a deliberate rejoinder to recent calls for a revisit to…
IMF program implementation
With the likely passage of the budget for FY22, the Pakistan economy not only enters the second innings of the PTI government but also the second innings of the IMF…
IMF talks
With sleeves rolled up, Federal Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has begun talks with the IMF (International Monetary Fund) at Washington. The outcome of these meetings is crucial for the incumbent…
IMF at the doorstep
In a promising development it appears that Prime Minister Imran Khan and the IMF Director Christine Lagarde developed good rapport and mutual understanding when they met last Friday on the…
The IMF programme
The International Monetary Fund (IMF)-Pakistan relationship has a history of over 60 years, starting in 1958 with a loan agreement of $ 0.3 billion to the current 2019 loan of…
IMF programme: The journey has just begun
The Fund program has finally been negotiated. However, it is only a milestone in the tortuous road to success. What would it take to successfully traverse the distance? We would…
Economic impact of IMF program
A staff-level agreement has finally been reached with the IMF. A press note was issued from the IMF headquarters on May 12, 2019 confirming the willingness for a three-year Extended…
US, Afghanistan and IMF
A rare opportunity to extricate Pakistan's economy from its on-going tribulations has emerged by the recently started peace initiative in Afghanistan by the US. The process which began with meetings…
