Pakistan meets IMF bailout conditions with help from 'friendly' nations, Sharif says

Reuters

September 12, 2024 at 8:58 a.m.

(Reuters) - "Friendly" countries have helped Pakistan to meet requirements necessary to secure a bailout by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Thursday.

Islamabad had been working on implementing conditions from the IMF to complete a $7 billion, 37-month loan programme agreed in July, which Pakistan hopes will be its last.

(Reporting by Gibran Peshimam in Islamabad; Writing by Pushkala Aripaka in New Delhi; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

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