Amid ‘tough’ IMF conditions, Pakistan likely to propose ‘heavy’ taxation budget

The government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Pakistan is set to propose its first budget this week since its inauguration in March, amid some “tough” conditions by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which local economists reckon would result in “heavy” taxation and inflation. The country’s Finance Ministry and the IMF are locked in last-minute […]