{"id":64050,"date":"2020-04-14T16:07:16","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T11:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=64050"},"modified":"2020-04-14T16:07:17","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T11:07:17","slug":"imf-acknowledges-pakistans-response-amid-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/imf-acknowledges-pakistans-response-amid-covid-19.html","title":{"rendered":"IMF acknowledges Pakistan\u2019s response in preventing coronavirus spread"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday acknowledged the federal government\u2019s recent relief package announcement \u2013 worth PKR 1.2 trillion \u2013 to curb the spread of COVID-19 across Pakistan, according to news sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wbg-imf-seek-postponement-debt-repayments-developing-countries.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"WBG, IMF seek postponement on debt repayments by developing countries (opens in a new tab)\">WBG, IMF seek postponement on debt repayments by developing countries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In its publication \u2018Policy Tracker\u2019, the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/imf-to-give-usd1-4-bn-to-pakistan-to-fight-covid-19-crise.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" IMF (opens in a new tab)\"> IMF<\/a> noted the policy response of its 193 member states amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The fund maintained that both the provincial and federal bodies of Pakistan have responded to this pandemic with a range of effective relief measures in a bid to contain and delay the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-calls-developed-world-provide-debt-relief.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"PM calls on developed world to provide debt relief (opens in a new tab)\">PM calls on developed world to provide debt relief<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\npublication further summarized the lockdown details for major cities and\nprovinces. It also highlights the relief package that includes waiving off\nimport duties on emergency health equipment, PKR 200 billion for relief of daily\nwagers, PKR 100 billion tax refunds to the export sector and PKR 100 billion to\nsupport small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday acknowledged the federal government\u2019s recent relief package announcement \u2013 worth PKR 1.2 trillion \u2013 to curb the spread of COVID-19 across Pakistan, according to news sources. Read: WBG, IMF seek postponement on debt repayments by developing countries In its publication \u2018Policy Tracker\u2019, the IMF noted the policy response of its 193 member states amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The fund maintained that both the provincial and federal bodies of Pakistan have responded to this pandemic with a range of effective relief measures in a bid to contain and delay the spread of the virus. Read: PM calls on developed world to provide debt relief The publication further summarized the lockdown details for major cities and provinces. It also highlights the relief package that includes waiving off import duties on emergency health equipment, PKR 200 billion for relief of daily wagers, PKR 100 billion tax refunds to the export sector and PKR 100 billion to support small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":61048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[26167],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-64050","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-imf-acknowledges-pakistans-response-in-preventing-coronavirus-spread"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>IMF acknowledges Pakistan\u2019s response amid COVID-19 - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday acknowledged the federal government\u2019s recent relief package announcement \u2013 worth PKR 1.2 trillion\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/imf-acknowledges-pakistans-response-amid-covid-19.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IMF acknowledges Pakistan\u2019s response amid COVID-19 - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday acknowledged the federal government\u2019s recent relief package announcement \u2013 worth PKR 1.2 trillion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/imf-acknowledges-pakistans-response-amid-covid-19.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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