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      <title>IMF hands Pakistan first MEFP draft as staff-level agreement talks enter final stretch</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The IMF has shared the first draft of its Memorandum of Financial and Economic Policies with Pakistan, flagging a Rs1.675 trillion breach of the power-sector circular debt target and pushing for a higher current account deficit projection as talks move towards a staff-level agreement.</description>
      <author>James Calloway</author>
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      <source url="https://www.geo.tv/latest/684821-imf-shares-first-mefp-draft-with-pakistan-ahead-of-staff-level-agreement-talks">Geo TV / Profit Pakistan Today (via The News)</source>
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      <title>IMF shares draft MEFP with Pakistan as talks enter final stretch toward staff-level agreement</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The IMF's visiting review mission has shared the first draft of the Memorandum of Financial and Economic Policies with Islamabad, as both sides negotiate toward a staff-level agreement, with the power-sector circular debt and subsidy reform topping the agenda.</description>
      <author>Sarah Whitfield</author>
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      <source url="https://www.thenews.pk/print/1440786-imf-shares-draft-mefp-with-pakistan">The News International</source>
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