"Pakistan Secures IMF Support: Key Milestones and Future Prospects"

 

"Pakistan Secures IMF Support: Key Milestones and Future Prospects"

Pakistan ko aakhirkar IMF ke Executive Board ki meeting mein shamil kar liya gaya hai, jo 25 September ko manzoor shuda agenda ke mutabiq hogi. Wazir-e-Azam Shehbaz Sharif ne Pakistan ke dosto ki madad ko saraha hai, jinhon ne $7 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) ke silsile mein Islamabad ki madad ki.

Pakistan aur IMF ke darmiyan July mein 37-mahina qarz program par ittefaq hua tha. IMF ka kehna tha ke yeh program unke executive board ki manzoori aur Pakistan ke taraqqiati aur do tarafah partneron se zaroori maalati assurances milne par mabni hoga.

Pakistan ko IMF board ki manzoori se pehle do tarafah aur tijarti lenders se $2 billion ka external financing secure karna tha.

Androoni zaraye ke mutabiq, Pakistan Saudi Arabia ko pehle hi $5 billion ada kar chuka hai jo cash deposits ki soorat mein hain. Yeh bhi maloom hona chahiye ke Pakistan ke paas China ke $4 billion aur UAE ke $3 billion bhi deposits ki soorat mein hain.

Yeh raqme $4.5 billion ke tijarti qarzon se alag hain, jin mein China ke tijarti qarz bhi shaamil hain, zaraye ke mutabiq wazarat ke ahlkaron ne kaha.

IMF ki spokesperson Julie Kozack ne aj briefing mein kaha, "Hum yeh baat khushi ke saath share kar rahe hain ke board meeting 25 September ko schedule ki gayi hai [Pakistan ke saath $7 billion EFF ka ittefaq kiya gaya hai]."

Unhone kaha ke Pakistan ko zaroori financing assurances mil chuki hain aur naya EFF arrangement 2023 ke nine-month standby arrangement ke kamiyab anjaam ke baad aaya hai.

Kozack ne kaha ke Pakistani hukoomat ne tasleem kiya hai ke nayi extended fund facility ka mustaqil amal dosti taraqqi ke raaste par gami ko hamwar karega.

Unhone mazeed kaha ke Pakistan mein mustaqil policymaking ne maashi stability mein aham kirdar ada kiya hai, khaaskar growth ka aaghaz, significant inflation ki kami aur mulk ke international reserves mein zyada izafa.

Is taraqqi ko khush amdeed kehte hue, Wazir-e-Maal Aurangzeb ne kaha ke IMF ke saath tamam mamlaat pur-amn tareeqe se hal ho gaye hain.

Unhone Wazir-e-Azam Shehbaz Sharif ke team, IMF ke muzakarati team, aur mutaliqa idaron ka shukriya ada kiya.

Aurangzeb ne izafa kiya ke policy rate mein kami se mulk mein "sarmaya kari aur tijarti sargrmiyan barhengi". "Maashi sargrmiyan barhnay se rozgar ke mokay paida honge," unhone kaha.

Unhone kaha ke awam ko mehngai ki lagataar kami se sakoon mil raha hai.

Aaj, State Bank of Pakistan ke Governor Jameel Ahmad ne kaha ke mulk ne $2 billion se zyada ka financing aur assurances IMF ke siwa ke lenders se tay kar liya hai, jo loan program ke liye aakhri rukawat samjhi ja rahi thi.

Jameel Ahmad ne kaha, "Sare assurances aur external financing hukoomat ne tay kar li hai aur ab humare case ko board tak le jaane mein koi rukawat nahi dekhta."

Mulk ne apne tax revenue ka hadaf 40% zyada kar diya hai aur energy ke qeemat mein izafa bhi IMF ke demands ke mutabiq kiya gaya hai. Pakistan ne apna pehla $3 billion loan program April mein mukammal kiya.

August ke akhir mein Pakistan ko Moody’s aur Fitch Ratings se credit rating upgrade mili. IMF ka program Pakistan ke liye agle do se teen saalon tak zaroori financing ka source faraham karta hai, Moody’s ne kaha.

Wazir-e-Azam ne IMF ke bailout par taraqqi ko "achhi" qarar diya aur dosti mulkon ke taawon ko saraha.

Unhone kaha, "Hume qarzon se nijat hasil karni hogi […] Pakistan ko apne pairoon par khara hona hoga," aur ummed zahir ki ke aane wala IMF ka package mulk ka aakhri hoga.

Shehbaz Sharif ne dosti mulkon ke madad ko aik baar phir shukriya ke saath yaad kiya aur kaha ke unhone Pakistan ki madad mein aik baar phir tareekh dohra di hai.

Wazir-e-Azam ne mulk ke mehngai ke satah aur policy rate mein kami ko investoron ke liye achi khabar qarar diya aur kaha ke policy rate ko single digit par lanay ki ummed hai, bilkul jaise inflation ka satah hai.

Pakistan ne IMF programs par mazeed intehaayi asar-andaz rahe hai.