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Statement by IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on her Visit to Saudi Arabia

 Riyadh: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva made the following statement today at the end of her two-day visit to Saudi Arabia:

“It has been a great pleasure to once again visit Riyadh to deepen the cooperation between the IMF and Saudi Arabia


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Over 20 countries may require emergency aid

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, speaking at a conference in Saudi Arabia, also said that 141 million people across the Arab world are exposed to food insecurity. The IMF on Friday approved a new food shock borrowing window under its existing emergency financing instrument


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Govt Has Not Violated Any IMF Agreement Even Without Increasing Petroleum Levy: Minister

Minister of State for Finance and Revenue Ayesha Ghaus Pasha has said that the government has not violated the International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreement by not increasing the Petroleum Development Levy on petroleum products.

She was briefing the Standing Committee on Finance and


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How IMF turned the world against the British pound

Everyone from political pundits to people on the street have issued forth on the new UK government’s tax cut-laden growth plan recently. But it was a rare public rebuke from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that really impacted financial markets.

Days after the government made


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Reckless': Miftah lays into govt for freezing fuel levy without IMF nod

He maintained, however, that what the previous PTI government did with the country was "unforgivable".

Ismail made the comments in response to PTI leader and former finance minister Shaukat Tarin's tweet, in which the latter called out the PML-N for its alleged doublespeak.


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I know how to deal with IMF, Dar tells Miftah

"I have to handle the IMF matters, so from now on, neither Miftah nor anybody else has to worry about anything," he said during an interview with journalist Hamid Mir aired on Geo News.

Dar's statement comes a day after Ismail, in a tweet, termed the government's decision to not


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