{"id":2312,"date":"2025-09-14T02:26:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T02:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aitadal.com.pk\/eng\/business\/imf-says-pakistans-flood-spending-budget-agility-to-be-reviewed-business\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T02:26:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T02:26:28","slug":"imf-says-pakistans-flood-spending-budget-agility-to-be-reviewed-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aitadal.com.pk\/eng\/business\/imf-says-pakistans-flood-spending-budget-agility-to-be-reviewed-business\/","title":{"rendered":"IMF says Pakistan\u2019s flood spending, budget agility to be reviewed &#8211; Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2025\/09\/13214947ae57f8f.webp\" \/><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expressed deep condolences on Saturday for the loss of life caused by devastating floods in the country and said its upcoming Extended Fund Facility (EFF) review mission will evaluate whether the government\u2019s fiscal policies and emergency provisions can effectively address the crisis, a senior official of the Washington-based lender said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe mission will assess whether the FY26 budget, its spending allocations and emergency provisions remain sufficiently agile to address the spending needs necessitated by the floods,\u201d said Mahir Binici, the IMF\u2019s resident representative in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>The flash floods have killed 972 people so far, according to the National Disaster Management Authority.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:250px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1939745\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The floods have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1940647\">destroyed crops<\/a>, livestock and homes across Punjab and are now pushing into Sindh, threatening fresh food inflation and deeper hardship.<\/p>\n<p>The State Bank of Pakistan is expected to keep its key rate at 11 per cent on Monday, a <em>Reuters<\/em> poll showed, as policymakers weigh inflation risks from crop losses against a slowing economy.<\/p>\n<p>An analyst estimated agricultural damage could shave up to 0.2 percentage points off growth this year, with reconstruction-led demand offering only a partial offset.<\/p>\n<p>The IMF board approved a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1909691\">fresh $1.4 billion loan<\/a> in May to help Pakistan strengthen its economic resilience to climate vulnerabilities and natural disasters.<\/p>\n<p>The disbursement of funds is contingent upon successful completion of reviews under the EFF, the official said.<\/p>\n<p>The Global Climate Risk Index places Pakistan among the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1891272\">countries most vulnerable<\/a> to climate change.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1941738\/imf-says-pakistans-flood-spending-budget-agility-to-be-reviewed\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expressed deep condolences on Saturday for the loss of life caused by devastating<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - 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