Pakistan Reaches Staff-Level Agreement with IMF for $1.3 Billion Package

For Pakistan, this is one of the biggest news items: Pakistan convinced the IMF for the first review of their IMF program and climate-resilient agreement to tackle natural disasters, which is a new 28-month program.

Government Halts Tax Relief for Property Purchases

It is reported by Express Tribune that the government has halted property tax relief, which was going to be announced to force growth in 2020.