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New IMF Loan Program Only Possible After Budget

Discussions between Pakistan’s economic team and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission this week will most likely end without a staff-level agreement, sources in the Finance Ministry told ProPakistani. Sources said policy-level talks have so far failed to yield any conclusive result. The lender’s mission led by Nathan Porter will

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Pakistan’s Quarterly GDP Data Rollout An Important Step: World Bank

While the November release of quarterly national accounts represents an important step forward for economic statistics in Pakistan, projects are underway for future improvements, including further refinements of seasonally adjusted estimates for eventual public release and the development of quarterly expenditure-based GDP, says the World Bank. The Bank officials in

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FBR Can Collect Rs. 36 Trillion in Taxes: Defence Minister

Illegal and smuggled cigarettes cause an annual loss of over Rs 310 billion to Pakistan’s economy, a report by the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) said on Tuesday. At the launch event of the report, Federal Minister of Defence Khawaja Asif boldly claimed that Pakistan could potentially collect

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