Pakistan attacks on Indian civilian and army sites need to emerge as hurting it more than its perceived enemy, India, because of the timing. Pakistan is surviving on doles and loans, and faces overview at a meeting of the International Financial Fund (IMF) on May 9 on its 7-billion-dollar bailout programme. A military crisis is inimical to a rustic’s economic system, even one that is tattered, and the IMF is sure to think that in.
IMF Board review Pakistan Financial Condition
In a new meeting, the IMF board will review Pakistan’s financing facilities to determine the investment, and India has made it clear that it will ask the company to rethink its bailout package. It was said through Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on May 8 as he briefed the media on the attacks on Indian territory by Pakistan.
Pakistan’s loans stand at USD 6.2 billion as of March 31, 2025, per the IMF website. Islamabad has availed loans 25 times considering becoming a member in 1950, per the IMF. Since Pakistan became a member, the World Bank has provided over USD 48 billion in help to it, as per the multilateral employer’s website.
Will PAK Country Bankrupt?
Pakistan has been currently on the point of bankruptcy, and surviving on handouts from countries like China, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and from international agencies just like the IMF and the World Bank. Its external foreign account stood at a staggering USD 130 billion in 2024. In January, Pakistan agreed to a 10-year plan with the World Bank for a 20-billion-dollar loan, information employer Reuters reported.
Democracy has been suppressed by the army establishment headed by Army chief General Asim Munir, who staged-managed then Prime Minister Imran Khan’s ouster and propped up Shehbaz Sharif as the PM. Munir also has his arms in the financial pie with dozens of Fauji commercial initiatives, run by the army.
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