IMF

Advisories came after an IMF employee was diagnosed with COVID-19

Finance ministry reveals no room to increases salaries of govet employees before budget

Petitioner claims govt can only take loan up to 60% of GDP

Says his party won’t allow govt to sell off national institutions

Georgieva says the lender has $50b without formal programme and $10b in no-interest funds for poorest countries

Finance ministry denies global lender has agreed to downward revision

Despite winning massive concessions, lower number of traders files tax returns

Will allow central bank to stop printing money for budgetary financing

Decline comes due to suppression of imports amid rekindled hopes for revival of exports

Move comes after both sides resolve all issues to keep $6b package on track

Move comes due to spike in interest rates, refinancing risks of external debt

Decision put off due to lack of progress on some agreed prior conditions

Standards for import of agri-products are likely to be more restrictive in face of deadly virus

All of the policy instruments deployed to achieve stabilisation are antithetical to growth

Will also ask FBR about status of revenue collection in current fiscal year

Zubair pleads apex court to order govt to bring down policy rate to 6-7%

IMF programme is, by definition, anti-growth and calls for steps to do away with macroeconomic imbalances.

If the disease is contained rapidly, there can be a sharp drop and a very rapid rebound, says IMF managing director

Continues debate on rising inflation and hike in prices of food commodities

Release of third loan tranche hinges on new tax collection measures, electricity price hike

BMA Capital expects KSE-100 index to hit only 49,000 points by year-end

Two sides extend review programme discussions for one more day

International Monetary Fund also proposes spending of Rs6.2tr on sustainable development goals in 10 years

May also be forced to withdraw sales tax exemptions on all but health-related items

Lays emphasis on achieving tax collection targets by increasing non-tax revenue

Funds insufficient to complete some critical schemes of Gwadar and Karachi

Cites double-digit inflation, politically-high cost as reasons for seeking a delay in issuing notification

Situation prompted by lower-than-expected receipts against budgetary measures

Mini budget of nearly Rs200 billion inevitable

With widening tax shortfall, govt has fast-tracked preparation for mini-budget

As FBR prepares a mini-budget, Shabbar Zaidi leaves on medical leave again

Country needs stable exchange and interest rates, meaningful documentation

Indian situation now enters a phase where Modi’s reputation also harms people who have one way or other appeased him

The Planning Commission is an expensive parking place for professional members running into each other

Look for duty and tax relief, furnace oil consumption in power plants over next five years

The economy is tottering because of technological backwardness, poor human resources and declining competitiveness

According to the report, youth population in South Asian region faces systemic barriers to employment

According to survey, people’s trust in economy has weakened

Misses IMF’s target for reduction in debt accumulation for second successive time

SBP is not lending money to the govt since beginning of the current fiscal year

Dip came due to import compression amid signs of weakening export growth

Too bad that Argentina — fresh from the IMF oven — reconfirms the trade-off between austerity and growth

IMF’s bailout programme, delayed licence fee payments by telecom operators among others provide relief

Report confirms that inflation has started to stabilise in Pakistan

Committee formed to discuss issue which will give boost to construction sector

At long last the Council of Common Interests (CCI) met after 13 months or so

This comes amid steep rise in public debt and liabilities in past one year

Weak economic growth figures mean that such cuts to essential government services will continue

Assumptions suggest average exchange rate of Rs160.64 to a dollar by end of FY20

May impose additional taxes of around Rs150b to achieve collection target