Pakistan's government will present its annual budget to parliament on Friday needing to satisfy the IMF to have any chance of securing the release of more bailout money, with the crisis-riven country due to hold elections by November
A labourer waits for work while sitting beside push trollies outside a market in Karachi, Pakistan June 8, 2023. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
, which has further dented the popularity of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's coalition ahead of the vote. On Thursday, the International Monetary Fund said that it has been discussing the budget with Pakistan.
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