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TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2025
IMF frees $1b for Pakistan, approves new $1.4b programme

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Reuters
10 May, 2025, 01:25 pm
Last modified: 10 May, 2025, 01:29 pm

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IMF frees $1b for Pakistan, approves new $1.4b programme

The staff-level agreement on both programmes was reached before the current hostilities rose

Reuters
10 May, 2025, 01:25 pm
Last modified: 10 May, 2025, 01:29 pm
Representational image. Photo: Collected
Representational image. Photo: Collected

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) executive board approved on Friday a fresh $1.4 billion loan to Pakistan under its climate resilience fund and approved the first review of its $7 billion programme, freeing about $1 billion in cash.

"Pakistan's policy efforts under the (program) have already delivered significant progress in stabilizing the economy and rebuilding confidence, amidst a challenging global environment," the IMF said in a statement.

The review approval brings disbursements to $2 billion within the $7 billion programme. No fresh money from the resilience loan was made immediately available.

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India has asked the IMF for a broader review of its loans to Pakistan, as tension builds between the nuclear-armed neighbours.

An April attack on Hindu tourists in Indian Kashmir killed 26 and triggered the worst fighting between the countries in nearly three decades.

At Friday's IMF board meeting, India told the IMF that the Pakistan program raised concerns about the "possibility of misuse of debt-financing funds for state-sponsored cross-border terrorism."

Pakistan's Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif said in a statement that "India's attempts to sabotage the IMF program have failed."

The staff-level agreement on both programmes was reached before the current hostilities rose.

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