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MARRAKECH: The IMF announced Saturday member nations agreed to increase their contributions to the global lender and give sub-Saharan Africa a third seat on its executive board at its first meetings on the continent since 1973. Boosting…

MARRAKECH: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has met its fundraising target to increase concessional trust fund resources for the world’s poorest countries by $3 billion, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Saturday.…

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday projected Pakistan’s budget deficit at 7.6% of the size of its economy, or a record Rs8.2 trillion, which was far higher than the official target and would keep the government…

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday kept Pakistan’s economic growth forecast unchanged at 2.5% but slashed inflation rate to 23.6% for the current fiscal year, in a move that is largely in line with official…

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has advised Pakistan to tax the wealthy and protect the poor. Speaking to a Pakistani private media channel after her meeting with Interim Prime Minister Anwaarul…

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has granted Pakistan permission to extend the payment of electricity bills for consumers using up to 200 units over three months. In exchange, Pakistan has to announce an increase in gas…

KARACHI: The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) representative in Pakistan on Wednesday said that the reform process to which the government had agreed required the country to keep all state-owned enterprises (SOEs) under the Ministry of…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan got over $5 billion in fresh loans in July, which was the highest amount received in any month, to meet project and foreign exchange reserve requirements, as the interim government sought a review of the annual financing…

ISLAMABAD: Interim Prime Minister Anwarul Haq Kakar on Tuesday declared the civil-military run Special Investment Facilitation Council as his top priority while also extending support to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme.…

LAHORE: Financial globalisation has been going on at a rapid pace over the past three decades. Private capital flows have been dominating and driving this process. Most of the advanced countries are squeezing maximum benefit out of this…