A new tranche of $1.2 billion has been approved by IMF in what proves that the global lender has found Pakistan complying with the terms and conditions of its bailout package. The government has promised adherence to pre-war programme targets to keep its economic stabilisation efforts on track, irrespective of its policies adding to unemployment, poverty and income inequality in the country. Of the new tranche, $1 billion will cater to the balance of payments situation, while $200 million will go to budgetary........

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