‘If Islamabad Wants Cooperation…’ IMF’s ‘Toughest’ Conditions for Pak After ‘Inconclusive’ Talks Again


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A cut of 15 per cent in the defence budget and military expenses and abandoning the Long-Range Nuclear Missile Programme are among the five ‘toughest’ conditions laid down by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for Pakistan after yet another round of talks between the two for Staff Level Agreement (SLA) remained inconclusive. The other conditions are international or third-party audit of Chinese loans and CPEC investments, bridging the financing gap from friendly countries and assurance of political stability from opposition leaders. Pakistan’s Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Thursday snubbed the demand for abandoning the long-range nuclear missiles and said nobody...