Pakistan reaches new $7 billion loan deal with IMF
- Pakistan has secured a $7 billion bailout deal with the International Monetary Fund to aid its struggling economy and manage debts. The agreement will last 37 months and focus on fiscal and monetary policy reforms.
- The loan deal marks Pakistan's 25th with the IMF since independence, necessary as the country faces impending $24 billion repayments this fiscal year.
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's government implemented unpopular reforms, such as increased taxes and energy prices, to meet IMF conditions for the loan, a move that has historically sparked public discontent.
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