Shaukat Tarin, adviser to the prime minister, said the loan would stave off the country's balance of payments crisis and stabilise the economy. Pakistan needs the money in order to avoid defaulting on international debt. It had been exploring other sources of funds in order to avoid stringent IMF conditions...
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