IMF gives Pakistan staff-level approval for $1.2bn - SUCH TV

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : Key measures include: Strengthening taxpayer audits Expanding digital invoicing and production monitoring Improving internal governance A Tax Policy Office is also working on a medium-term reform strategy to ensure stability and neutrality in taxation.
57% : Efforts are underway to broaden the tax base and improve expenditure management, while also increasing spending on health, education, and social protection.
57% : Authorities have committed to: Ensuring timely tariff adjustments for cost recovery Avoiding untargeted subsidies Reducing circular debt Reforms will also focus on improving transmission, privatizing inefficient companies, and transitioning toward renewable energy.
55% : Structural reforms and privatization Pakistan is pushing ahead with broader structural reforms aimed at: Strengthening governance Reducing regulatory barriers Promoting private sector growth The privatization of state-owned enterprises and reduced government intervention in markets remain central to the reform agenda.

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