{"id":64247,"date":"2020-04-18T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2020-04-18T04:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=64247"},"modified":"2020-04-17T15:42:02","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T10:42:02","slug":"covid-19-relief-imf-approves-usd-1-4-bn-aid-g20-wb-sanction-debt-assistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-relief-imf-approves-usd-1-4-bn-aid-g20-wb-sanction-debt-assistance.html","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Relief: IMF approves USD 1.4 bn aid; G20, WB sanction debt assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Islamabad: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday approved a package of USD 1.4 billion in COVID-19 relief aid for Pakistan in a bid to help the country confront the economic impact of the prevailing pandemic, a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/special-approvals-required-inter-city-travel-punjab-sindh.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Special approvals required for inter-city travel in Punjab, Sindh<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fund took the decision of providing additional aid to Pakistan during its executive board meeting in which the global creditor approved the loan to improve Pakistan\u2019s foreign exchange reserves and boost the budgetary support against the economic slump caused by the COVID-19 breakout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-considers-extending-lockdown-for-another-week.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Punjab considers extending lockdown for another week<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan lauded the relief measures granted by the World Bank, IMF, and the G-20 countries for the world\u2019s developing nations, including Pakistan. As per reports, the Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Affairs Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh informed the premier about the additional USD 1.4 billion aid by IMF and the progress on the economic stimulus package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-announces-two-month-ban-tenant-eviction.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Punjab govt announces two-month ban on tenant evictions (opens in a new tab)\">Punjab govt announces two-month ban on tenant evictions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pakistan had submitted a request to IMF last month for a fast-disbursing, low-cost loan under its Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI) to counter the negative impact of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-lockdown-decision-on-extension-expected.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"COVID-19 (opens in a new tab)\">COVID-19<\/a>. Additionally, Pakistan had also requested China and its other creditors to announce debt relief packages for the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday approved a package of USD 1.4 billion in COVID-19 relief aid for Pakistan in a bid to help the country confront the economic impact of the prevailing pandemic, a news source reported. Read: Special approvals required for inter-city travel in Punjab, Sindh The fund took the decision of providing additional aid to Pakistan during its executive board meeting in which the global creditor approved the loan to improve Pakistan\u2019s foreign exchange reserves and boost the budgetary support against the economic slump caused by the COVID-19 breakout. Read: Punjab considers extending lockdown for another week Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan lauded the relief measures granted by the World Bank, IMF, and the G-20 countries for the world\u2019s developing nations, including Pakistan. As per reports, the Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Affairs Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh informed the premier about the additional USD 1.4 billion aid by IMF and the progress on the economic stimulus package. Read: Punjab govt announces two-month ban on tenant evictions Pakistan had submitted a request to IMF last month for a fast-disbursing, low-cost loan under its Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI) to counter the negative impact of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":63408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[26608,21797,26609,26610],"persona":[],"class_list":["post-64247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","tag-covid-19-relief-aid","tag-international-monetary-fund-imf","tag-pakistans-foreign-exchange-reserves","tag-rapid-financing-instrument-rfi"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>COVID-19 Relief: IMF approves G20, WB debt assistance - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday approved a package of USD 1.4 billion in COVID-19 relief aid for Pakistan in a bid\" \/>\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\/covid-19-relief-imf-approves-usd-1-4-bn-aid-g20-wb-sanction-debt-assistance.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"COVID-19 Relief: IMF approves G20, WB debt assistance - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday approved a package of USD 1.4 billion in COVID-19 relief aid for Pakistan in a bid\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-relief-imf-approves-usd-1-4-bn-aid-g20-wb-sanction-debt-assistance.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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