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      <title>IMF MD commends Pakistan’s efforts amid difficult circumstances</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has said that a deal with Pakistan is very close.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In an interview given to the American magazine Bloomberg, Kristalina Georgieva said that the Pakistani authorities are implementing the program under very difficult conditions, but are very close to a deal with Pakistan.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;She said that the main problem of Pakistan is tax, only 12 percent of the GDP is collected in the country, which we have proposed to increase to 15 percent.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It should be noted that the policy-level negotiations between Pakistan and the IMF are ongoing, the IMF has agreed to maintain the annual tax target of 9,415 billion for Pakistan, after which the mini-budget will not come.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Pakistan and the IMF have agreed not to raise interest rates further after the completion of policy talks.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has said that a deal with Pakistan is very close.</strong></p>
<p>In an interview given to the American magazine Bloomberg, Kristalina Georgieva said that the Pakistani authorities are implementing the program under very difficult conditions, but are very close to a deal with Pakistan.</p>
<p>She said that the main problem of Pakistan is tax, only 12 percent of the GDP is collected in the country, which we have proposed to increase to 15 percent.</p>
<p>It should be noted that the policy-level negotiations between Pakistan and the IMF are ongoing, the IMF has agreed to maintain the annual tax target of 9,415 billion for Pakistan, after which the mini-budget will not come.</p>
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<p>Pakistan and the IMF have agreed not to raise interest rates further after the completion of policy talks.</p>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2023 13:33:42 +0500</pubDate>
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