The IMF’s $1.2 Billion Lifeline To Pakistan: Economic Rescue Or Geopolitical Chess Move? – OpEd

In the sweltering heat of Islamabad, a nation teeters on the brink. Pakistan’s economy, long a tinderbox of fiscal mismanagement and political volatility, now faces a perfect storm: inflation soaring above 30%, foreign reserves dwindling to a mere eight weeks of imports, and a debt burden that threatens to swallow the state...