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Pakistan’s financial crisis

One of the key challenges that faced Imran Khan as he took over as the Prime Minister of Pakistan was the economy, especially the precarious debt situation and current account deficit. An approach to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) seemed inevi....

November 30, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Pakistan’s financial crisis , Pakistan’s bail-out loans

Building Dams with Donations

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

So dire is Pakistan’s financial health that it has been reduced to mobilise money from individual donors to build infrastructure projects which will cost hundreds of thousands of crores of rupees. In his first speech after becoming the Prime Minist....

August 28, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Pakistan’s dam building , Pakistan’s financial crisis