To help Pakistan’s balance of payments and foreign exchange reserves, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has agreed to expand its $6 billion loan programme by $2 billion and extend it for another year.

Pakistan’s Finance Minister, Miftah Ismail, announced on Sunday that the IMF had agreed to increase Pakistan’s bailout package from $3 billion to $5 billion.

 

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