ISLAMABAD :Pakistan has to accept unwillingly the strict conditions of a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Friday.He was speaking to top security officials meeting at his office in Islamabad. 'We have to accept unwillingly the strict conditions for t
ISLAMABAD :Pakistan has to accept unwillingly the strict conditions of a deal with the International Monetary Fund , Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Friday."We have to accept unwillingly the strict conditions for the IMF deal," he said, adding that he hoped the deal would be sealed soon.
Once the deal is signed, the lender will issue over a $1 billion tranche from the $6.5 billion bailout agreed in 2019.
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