{"id":47888,"date":"2024-09-09T15:16:16","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T10:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=47888"},"modified":"2024-09-09T15:16:16","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T10:16:16","slug":"pakistan-excluded-from-imf-agenda-until-september-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/pakistan-excluded-from-imf-agenda-until-september-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan excluded from IMF agenda until September 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/imf-demands-to-end-electricity-subsidies-in-pakistan-sets-tough-conditions\/\">International Monetary Fund (IMF)<\/a> has released its executive board meeting schedule until September 18, 2024, and Pakistan is conspicuously absent from the agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Pakistan&#8217;s urgent need for external funding to stabilize its economy, the IMF has not scheduled a meeting to discuss the country&#8217;s 37-month <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/fia-investigates-massive-embezzlement-of-millions-from-pension-funds\/\">Extended Fund Facility Arrangement (EFF)<\/a> worth $7 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Although Pakistan and the IMF reached an agreement on the loan program in July, the Executive Board&#8217;s validation is still pending. The program aims to maintain macroeconomic stability, reduce inflation, and promote private sector growth.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Pakistani government is seeking to secure a rollover of $12 billion in loans from key allies, including China, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.<\/p>\n<p>The absence of Pakistan from the IMF&#8217;s meeting schedule raises concerns about the country&#8217;s ability to secure the necessary funding to address its economic challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released its executive board meeting schedule until September 18, 2024, and Pakistan is conspicuously absent from the agenda. Despite Pakistan&#8217;s urgent need for external funding to stabilize its economy, the IMF has not scheduled a meeting to discuss the country&#8217;s 37-month Extended Fund Facility Arrangement (EFF) worth $7 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":23023,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,2],"tags":[21506,21507,13366,21508,21509],"class_list":["post-47888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-pakistan","tag-extended-fund-facility-arrangement-eff","tag-imf-agenda","tag-international-monetary-fund-imf","tag-macroeconomic-stability-in-pakistan","tag-pakista-excluded-from-imf-agenda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47888"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47889,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47888\/revisions\/47889"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}