IMF team arrives in Pakistan for key budget talks

Transparent, inclusive and equitable budgeting process stressed

Participants attend the pre-budget seminar on May 20, 2025. — Screengrab via Facebook@CGPA.PakistanPESHAWAR: A seminar here on Tuesday called for a more transparent, inclusive, and equitable budgeting process in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.The Centre for Governance and Public Accountability ,...

Pakistan, IMF open talks on budget finalisation

While there's a turnaround in Pakistan’s external account, the country faces a widening external financing gap.

IMF team arrives in Pakistan for key budget talks

International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation has arrived in Pakistan to begin high-level policy talks on the country’s upcoming federal budget for the 2025–26 fiscal year, officials said on Monday. According to the Ministry of Finance, final negotiations will cover revenue targets, expenditures, and budgetary estimates, Express News reported. The talks are part of efforts to stabilise Pakistan’s economy amid mounting fiscal and external financin…

IMF 'urges' Pakistan to expedite privatization of state enterprises

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) pressed Pakistan to expedite the privatization of state-owned enterprises as part of ongoing budget negotiations for the 2025-26 fiscal year, ARY News reported citing sources. According to sources, the discussions, now in their final phase, focused on privatization and rightsizing strategies to align with the IMF’s $7 billion loan program conditions, aiming to reduce the fiscal burden of loss-maki…

IMF has not imposed any new conditions, says Khurram Schehzad

May 20, 2025 (MLN): To help inform ongoing media coverage and public discussion around Pakistan’s economic reform program, Khurram Schehzad, Advisor to the Finance Minister, shared that there are no new “conditions” recently imposed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). “There are no newly introduced conditions,” Schehzad said. “They represent the natural progression of reforms already agreed upon when Pakistan signed the MEFP in September 2…

Pakistan agrees to lift curbs on used car imports - Islamabad Post

ISLAMABAD, MAY 20 (DNA) — In a significant move, Pakistan has reached an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to remove existing restrictions on the import of used vehicles.  As part of this understanding, the tariff structure for used cars will be fixed at 40% above the corresponding rate for new vehicles in the upcoming fiscal year 2025-26 budget. According to the agreed roadmap, which will be incorporated into the newly envisa…