How much can 11.3 billion dollars help Pakistan?

Dawn.com Published May 20, 2011
A driver rests on top of his rickshaw in the street of Lahore. – Photo by AFP
A driver rests on top of his rickshaw in the street of Lahore. – Photo by AFP
Homeless people sleep on the streets, one of the most common sights in Pakistan. – Photo by AFP
Homeless people sleep on the streets, one of the most common sights in Pakistan. – Photo by AFP
Vendors push a handcart loaded with roasted corn. – Photo by AFP
Vendors push a handcart loaded with roasted corn. – Photo by AFP
Vendors load roasted corn on their handcarts. – Photo by AFP
Vendors load roasted corn on their handcarts. – Photo by AFP
Police collect evidence after a bomb explosion. – Photo by AP
Police collect evidence after a bomb explosion. – Photo by AP
A woman sleeps at the roadside. – Photo by AP
A woman sleeps at the roadside. – Photo by AP
Drivers stand beside their vehicles after the main road was blocked by a demonstration against the electricity shortage in Jhelum. – Photo by AFP
Drivers stand beside their vehicles after the main road was blocked by a demonstration against the electricity shortage in Jhelum. – Photo by AFP

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that Pakistan needs to improve their debt management and broaden its tax base after holding talks on its 11.3 billion dollars loan program to help Islamabad deal with financial challenges, including implementing an overhauled sales tax.

 

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Niaz ali Khan
May 21, 2011 03:56am
I am sorry to say but I have no respect for the international institutions bec they along with the governements are making lives miserable for ordianry people. Can,t they see how much a normal is benefited from their aid packages and loans. Why they never do accountabilites of the governements , why they don,t conduct surveys to see what peope want and how to win their hearts. Even after getting billions of dollars from America, the life of an ordinary man has become 10 times more difficult. why? How can Americans even wish to win the hearts of Pakistanis, Impossible and I am afraid to say they don,t know what they are doing. Look at the ordinary life, if Americans get aid, they get nothing, and if America stops it, still they suffer
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