Anjum Ibrahim

Pakistan: an Egypt in the making?
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Pakistan: an Egypt in the making?

The International Monetary Fund's Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme design for Pakistan (July 2019-September 2022) is uncannily similar to that for Egypt (November 2016-2019 with the last mandatory review held on 24 July 2019) leading critics to main
Published 05 Aug, 2019 12:00am
Urgency to fulfil FATF action plan
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Urgency to fulfil FATF action plan

The success of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout package depends on several factors however one that is not under much discussion domestically at least (though one would hope this is not reflective of the government's priorities) and which wou
Published 29 Jul, 2019 12:00am
Partly Facetious : The table would have to be extremely large
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Partly Facetious : The table would have to be extremely large

"One victory over so many, many defeats, we should savour it, and I mean the Yadav decision by the international court." "Indeed, though the defeats are too many - the billions of dollars that we would have to pay due to losing cases in the international
Published 19 Jul, 2019 12:00am