Former prime minister directs providing relief for salaried class

Discussions likely to begin during World Bank-IMF spring meetings in Washington next month

This is believed to have caused 18% reduction in import of power generation machinery

Economy suffers on multiple fronts due to low revenue

Current, future govts need to take into account dangers of fiscal, current account deficits

This may pave the way for next administration to look for long-term programme to tackle challenges

Govt has neglected important issues; chaos reigns at central bank and finance ministry

Loss-making state-owned entities causing unnecessary burden on fiscal operations

US may influence global institutions to stop disbursing billions to Pakistan

Without IMF programme, many believe country cannot escape default situation