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Pakistan should take that money and throw it in China's face and ask them to stop oppressing Uyghurs first! Just kidding. All dollars are totally okay now. It's a slap on the face of IMF though. As the daring former NSA told US "Pakistan has options". Finally IMF will be forced to accept ...

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Why is he so sad? I could hear him cursing his ancestors in his mind for leaving India and emigrating to Pakistan in 1947.

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https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1046110-finance-minister-ishaq-dar-addresses-a-press-conferene Dar reveals China has renewed a facility under which Pakistan will receive an additional inflow of $500m in “next few days” We returned $1.3 billion to it and this facility has been renewed and we will ...

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^ 6. Bring women into workforce It will be a long long way before this happens. It may never happen. Just to give you an idea, I remember reading an article in DAWN in 2014 in the run up to Indian elections where a Pakistani journalist visited a few Indian cities and seeing women driving two wheeler...

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Anujan wrote: Best option for Chota Badmash is to resign, appoint a caretaker government of technocrats, which either defaults or accepts IMF conditions.

Chota Badmash doesn't seem like the intelligent type else he would not have agreed to become the PM and own this mess in the first place

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https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1045329-imran-khan-to-be-arrested-if-law-permits-khawaja-asif Imran Khan to be arrested if law permits: Khawaja Asif So many code words for "army" :rotfl: 1. Law 2. Establishment 3. Important quarters 4. Third umpire 5. Institution What else? There must b...

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Thanks for the summary Anujanji. Dentist unilaterally announcing election date was the funniest part of the clown show. Meanwhile Pak Govt is publicly airing their "unhappiness" about IMF's strict conditions and IMF not falling for Paki . https://www.dawn.com/news/1739675/govt-unhappy-as-i...

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PAKISTAN-IMF STAFF-LEVEL AGREEMENT ‘DELAYED’ facing delay despite Islamabad accepting the majority of IMF’s conditions. Look at the entitlement here. Pakis expect IMF to give them money without meeting all conditions. I am reminded of a story from Mahabharata. After Krishna ended his avatar, Arjuna...

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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/my-hunch-modi-will-bail-out-pakistan-ex-raw-chief-dulat/articleshow/98230615.cms My hunch Modi will bail out Pakistan: Ex-RAW chief Dulat Is this just budda Dulat's wet dream or he has some inside info? 1. Jaishankar's statement about helping only if public...

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Ishaq Dar @MIshaqDar50 AlhamdoLilah! Funds $ 700 million received today by State Bank of Pakistan from China Development Bank. Pakistan should take that money and throw it in China's face and ask them to stop oppressing Uyghurs first! Just kidding. All dollars are totally okay now. It's a slap on t...

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Will look at local public sentiment before taking call on helping crisis-hit Pakistan: Jaishankar How will the public sentiment be gauged? Will there be a survey? This is an ambiguous statement. It makes me think that Govt is keeping the option of helping open. I hope it comes with conditions thoug...

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Hafiz Munir will now launch "Operation <insert fancy Arabic name>" to "exterminate" terrorism once for all and for the next 3 years there will be propaganda about how successfully it's working while TTP members will simply move to Afghanistan and bide their time. And how can exte...

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Dilbu wrote:In midnight offensive, govt raises GST to 18%

Midnight offensive in Pakiland used to mean something else. Now it's about increasing sales tax!

partha · Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022 Why so sad?

Why so sad?

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After staff level agreement IMF board still has to meet and approve and board meetings have their own schedule. AFAIK they don't do emergency meetings to approve loans. There is now a real possibility of Pakistan defaulting.

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I thought the last remaining $3B were Saudi deposits which were not for consumption. How come Pakistan is spending that?

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https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1039070-pakistan-seals-staff-level-deal-with-imf-sources Deadlock persists between Pakistan, IMF over ninth review Pakistan to soon strike staff-level agreement with global lender, says finance secretary :rotfl: Until IMF releases an official communication, just as...

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Nothing is guaranteed until IMF's official statement!

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Speculation on social media regarding army chief visiting US ‘baseless’: ISPR :-? If they are denying it must be true. Hafiz Munir could be on a secret visit to US from UK in a desperate attempt to strike an IMF deal. It does indeed look like defense budget cut is one of the IMF conditions. Is Muni...

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Interesting. I missed report on our NSA visiting UK. Apparently Zelensky is also in UK. I think in the worst case Pakistan may negotiate a financial bail out in return for more concrete involvement in the Ukraine war.

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I think there is a secret condition about reduction in defense budget which is why the Govt is using words like "unrealistic", "beyond imagination" etc. Meanwhile petroleum minister is warning against hoarding petrol and assures there is enough supply. Shouldn't he be assuring su...

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excellent list, @Anujanji

Meanwhile, mood of the nation:

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https://www.dawn.com/news/1735460/imf-combing-every-book-every-subsidy-during-negotiations-pm-shehbaz "IMF combing ‘every book, every subsidy’ during negotiations: PM Shehbaz" Shame on IMF for not believing Bhikaristan's books. Last 20 years during the war on terror Pakis had a dream run ...

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yensoy wrote:^^^^ Prices still considerably cheaper than in India or US. How will it pencil out? Are they getting cheaper crude, or do they have magic refineries? Or is it coming out of potential tax revenues/subsidies?

Strong rumors of another hike before IMF delegation visits.

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So Pakistan only has reserves enough for 3 weeks of imports. IMF has found PKR 2 Trillion hole in the budget and IMF team is coming next week only for further discussions and a deal at this point is still not guaranteed. Will IMF funds come through in 3 weeks? Even if it does, it's a tiny amount of ...

partha · Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022 Mood of the nation:

Mood of the nation:

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Pak economic crisis: 10% cut in govt employees' salary under consideration https://hr.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/pak-economic-crisis-10-cut-in-govt-employees-salary-under-consideration/97326147 "under consideration" - not urgent at all. My suggestion to Shahbaz Shariff is ...

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https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/1033567-india-s-coming-of-age Musharraf zaidi self flagellating and adding a heavy sprinkling of Bad Modi , Bad Hindu . Such concern for Indias secular fabric warms my heart Theme is about India's rise but writing a full positive article affects H&D hence had to...

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https://tribune.com.pk/story/2397685/president-approves-creation-of-new-pakistan-diamond-jubilee-award-2022 President approves creation of new ‘Pakistan Diamond Jubilee Award 2022’ Award to be conferred upon personnel of the armed forces, civil forces, and law enforcement agencies Some activity to ...

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Pakistan is submitting a dossier to UN with evidence of India's hand in power outage. The evidence in the dossier has been leaked by an establishment source.

RAA agint caught red handed cutting off power supply to Pakistan.

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https://propakistani.pk/2023/01/23/imf-rejects-pakistans-request-to-resume-talks-over-ninth-review/ IMF Rejects Pakistan’s Request to Resume Talks Over Ninth Review Sources told ProPakistani that the IMF has turned down Pakistan’s request to send their team and has asked the Finance Ministry to fir...

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^
Agreed. Modi's ignore Pakistan has been the best Pakistan policy in decades. Modi's surprise visit to Lahore in his first term was a very calculated move I think. Now nobody can "accuse" Modi of not trying for peace.

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I hope someone from phoren office reads this (after power is restored).

My strategic input to this week's phoren policy briefing: condemn Sweden for allowing blasphemy and issue a warning that Pakistan will refuse up to $1 Billion if Sweden offers.

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There was a report of an attack on transmission lines from a Chinese power plant in Balochistan yesterday. Is the power outage due to more such attacks or is the army up to something?

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https://www.dawn.com/news/1732581/govt-ready-to-meet-all-imf-demands-to-revive-loan-programme Govt ready to meet all IMF demands to revive loan programme The DAWN report makes it sound like Pakis have agreed to all demands of IMF and only agreement signing is remaining but Tribune reports it differ...

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The pakis owe the world about $100 billion and have to repay $21bn to foreign lenders during the current fiscal year. If you ask the Pakis, it's the world which owes Pakistan $50 billion. Economic loss due to war on terror is apparently $150 billion so Pakis are supposed to get $50 billion. https:/...

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https://tribune.com.pk/story/2396786/putin-views-pakistan-as-key-partner-in-south-asia Putin views Pakistan as ‘key partner in South Asia’ If only Putin's views could bring down inflation. Where is the damn cheap Russian oil which Russians had agreed to sell to Pakistan at a better discount than wh...

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https://www.dw.com/en/pakistan-millions-of-textile-workers-lose-jobs-amid-crisis/a-64420339?maca=en-Twitter-sharing Ejaz has also written a letter to the American ambassador in Islamabad requesting him to arrange a loan of $2 billion dollars for Pakistan to import cotton. Ejaz also urged Washington...

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https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/1032120-islamabad-abuzz-with-reports-of-new-political-party-launch Islamabad abuzz with reports of new political party launch It is said that politicians from different parties are being contacted to form a new party Contacted by whom? RAW? CIA? Joos? Pakistani medi...

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