The IMF Is Using the Debt Crisis to Hollow Out Pakistan’s Sovereignty
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The IMF Is Using the Debt Crisis to Hollow Out Pakistan’s Sovereignty

Imran Khan’s government came to power in 2018 promising to reorient Pakistan’s economy toward the needs of the population. But faced with a debt crisis it soon dropped its reformist agenda — and now, the IMF is pressuring it to place its State Bank permanently beyond democratic control.