Hike comes as ECC backs fresh loan guarantees, $390m rail link financing

Resistance from major firms stalls legal changes; IMF team due this month

Proposals include fresh levies on over 1,100 imports

IMF set around 50 conditions under $7 billion bailout package

Govt asks lender to grant waiver on bills for three months

Explores Panda bonds, grants, budget diversion to complete medical complex

Central bank governor receives Rs4m in salary, perks and security

Banks back first-ever Chinese market entry; funding tied to green projects

SBP report shows govt adds Rs25.4b daily, breaches debt limitation act

Iqbal denied that Pakistan remained unable to fully utilise the Geneva conference pledge