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IMF Loan
(In the picture) Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif. Photo courtesy: Shahbaz Sharif X handle

IMF approves $1 billion loan to Pakistan, India abstains from voting

| @indiablooms | May 10, 2025, at 02:03 pm

Washington DC/IBNS: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a loan of $1 billion to Pakistan, which is currently engaged in an unprovoked conflict with India in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack, media reports said.

The loan has been granted to Pakistan under the ongoing Extended Fund Facility, as per reports.

Adding to this, the IMF has also considered a new Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) lending programme of $1.3 billion for the country which is accused of cross-border terrorism.

Meanwhile India on Friday opposed the International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s proposal to extend fresh loans of $ 2.3 billion to Pakistan, saying the funds could be utilised for financing state-sponsored cross-border terrorism.

India abstained from voting at the crucial International Monetary Fund meeting.

As an active member country, India raised concerns over the efficacy of IMF programmes in the case of Pakistan, given its poor track record.

It also pointed to the possibility of misuse of debt financing funds for state-sponsored cross-border terrorism, the finance ministry said in a statement.

India registered its protest at the board of IMF, which met on Friday to review the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) lending programme ($ 1 billion) and also considered a fresh Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) lending programme ($ 1.3 billion) for Pakistan.

"While the concern that fungible inflows from international financial institutions, like the IMF, could be misused for military and state-sponsored cross-border terrorist purposes resonated with several member countries, the IMF response is circumscribed by procedural and technical formalities," India said.

India's opposition at the IMF comes amid a heightened military conflict between India and Pakistan following a terrorist attack in Kashmir's Pahalgam on April 22 that killed 26 civilians, mostly Hindu tourists.

India argued that even when a civilian government is in power in Pakistan, the army continues to play an outsized role in domestic politics and extends its tentacles deep into the economy.

"In fact, a 2021 UN report described military-linked businesses as the 'largest conglomerate in Pakistan'".

"The situation has not changed for the better; rather, the Pakistan Army now plays a leading role in the Special Investment Facilitation Council of Pakistan," it said.

In a retaliation against the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, the Indian Armed Forces launched Operation Sindoor hitting nine terrorist bases in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).

The military conflict escalated after Pakistan targeted civilians across the borders without any provocation to be aptly countered by the Indian military.

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