IMF Pakistan

Prize bonds, bearer instruments to be registered

KARACHI: Pakistani authorities have assured International Monetary Fund (IMF) of registering prize bonds and other bearer instruments to eliminate the use of these instruments in potential illegal activities and tax avoidance. The IMF issued Pakistan country report on Monday following successful $6 billion loan program. In order to make the program successful the Pakistani authorities […]

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Key points of Pakistan’s revenue driven fiscal consolidation

KARACHI: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has highlighted points of Pakistan’s budget 2019/2020 which envisaged a substantial revenue driven fiscal consolidation. “The FY 2019/20 budget envisages a substantial fiscal consolidation. The primary deficit is expected to decline to 0.6 percent of GDP, from estimated 1.8 percent of GDP in FY 2018/2019,” the IMF said in […]

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IMF, Planning Commission discuss CPEC, PSDP

ISLAMABAD: Ernesto Rigo IMF Mission Chief called on Secretary Planning, Development and Reform Zafar Hasan to discuss Public Sector Development Program (PSDP), China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and other aspects of planning including macro-economic policies, a statement said on Friday. Project Director Hassan Daud, Chief Macroeconomic Zafar-ul-Hassan and senior officials of the Ministry were also […]

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