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Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif launched a 142-point economic-governance reform plan to tackle corruption and improve institutional credibility, in line with IMF recommendations. The three-year plan includes anti-corruption measures, rule-based appointments, AMLA reforms, and annual reporting on high-risk agencies

International Monetary Fund’s $1 billion aid to Pakistan raises a pertinent question: Is the IMF truly committed to its mission of ‘discouraging policies that would harm prosperity’

Incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe trailing way behind with 235,000 votes at 16 per cent

Election announcement set to end balance term of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was ousted in mid-2022 in public uprising