The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked Pakistan to ‘do more’ for the revival of stalled loan programme as technical talks have been completed in Islamabad. During the technical talks, the IMF team remained committed to its demands with regard to increasing General Sales Tax (GST) from 17 to 18 percent on all goods with a point of view that a one percent GST hike will help in collecting another Rs 39 billion, sources added.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You May Also Like

Flight makes emergency landing in Karachi as baby born mid-air

A Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Manila made an emergency landing…

Several countries cut support to UNRWA for alleged links to Hamas

Several key donor countries have said they will halt funding to the…

Al Amal Hospital runs out of oxygen amid Israeli siege

The Palestine Red Crescent’s Al Amal Hospital has run out of oxygen…

Brazil continues mass arrests against protestors

Brazilian security forces cleared protest camps on Monday and arrested 1,500 people…