FIA also shies away from preparing National Risk Assessment report

Meant to help country finance LNG imports that have grown in recent years

PBS continues to use 2007-08 as base year for spending patterns

Islamabad reacts in defiance to Secretary of State Pompeo’s statement

Some 75,000 people declare assets; scheme fails to provide a cushion to forex reserves

People have whitened Rs2.1 trillion worth of hidden assets

Lender approved amount to put economy on sustainable path; it was instead used to boost foreign reserves

This financing is expected to stabilise rupee-dollar exchange rate

Inflow to ease pressure on foreign currency reserves

It says plan to increase social spending and reduce tax amid need for tighter monetary and fiscal policies will clash