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IMF: Pakistan's Economic Risks 'Exceptionally High'

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  • #Finance
  • #Economic conditions & trends
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JUL 2023
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story last updated JUL 2023

The Spin

Pro-establishment narrative

The IMF is doing all it can to help Pakistan out of its dire economic situation, and it's now up to the Pakistani government to abide by the lender’s guidelines to help the country’s economy and human rights situation. The IMF has rigorously studied Pakistan’s holistic outlook and is implementing the necessary policies that will allow a bailout deal to have long-standing impacts. The IMF’s aid to Pakistan is humanitarian as well as economic.

Human Rights Watch

Establishment-critical narrative

While the IMF may act like it is helping Pakistan through its economic hardships, the lender is actually treating Pakistan like a subservient colony that can't act in its own national interests. Of course, Pakistan greatly benefits from the money it can use to pay off some of its debt, but an international loan is not an excuse to hold a nation of over 200 million people hostage. The IMF should want to help Pakistan without trying to hegemonically control every facet of its economy.

Outlook India

Establishment split

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