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    • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
      Pakistan
      Pakistan pins hopes on Chinese help in debt crunch

      Islamabad expects Beijing to roll over debt repayments next month but further deadlines loom

    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
      Person in the News
      Imran Khan, the Pakistani politician taking on the army

      The cricketing star turned populist firebrand is at the centre of the country’s latest wave of unrest

    • Sunday, 7 May, 2023
      Afghanistan
      China holds security and trade talks with Taliban

      Beijing looks to boost investment in Afghanistan and bring country into Belt and Road project

    • Thursday, 13 April, 2023
      InterviewImran Khan
      Imran Khan says Pakistan’s economic crisis requires ‘surgery’

      Former prime minister warns debt burden on low-income countries is unmanageable

    • Sunday, 9 April, 2023
      News in-depth
      Pakistan’s economic crisis puts healthcare costs out of reach

      Soaring inflation and falling foreign currency reserves are creating shortages of imported drugs

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      Airlines struggle to repatriate dollars from crisis-hit Pakistan

      Carriers scale back flights or exit as country struggles with scant foreign currency reserves

    • Wednesday, 22 February, 2023
      Imran Khan supporters detained as Pakistan races to secure IMF deal

      Defence minister warns country is ‘bankrupt’ after latest talks fail to unlock $1bn tranche

    • Sunday, 5 February, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Pakistan is on the brink

      Stark choices face the nuclear power and its creditors if it is to avoid default

    • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
      Pakistan rupee plunges as authorities loosen controls to revive bailout

      Liberalisation of exchange rate comes as economic crisis worsens and reserves dwindle

    • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
      News in-depth
      Pakistan secures more than $9bn of pledges for post-flood recovery

      Promised aid will not alleviate energy shortages and cash crunch, analysts say

    • Wednesday, 21 December, 2022
      Pakistan
      Khan pushes for early elections as Pakistan’s economy stumbles

      Populist ex-PM threatens to dissolve provincial parliaments in bid to consolidate power

    • Sunday, 27 November, 2022
      Football
      How cricket-crazy Pakistan became a major football factory

      ‘It’s not our favourite sport, but it’s good business,’ say the country’s soccer entrepreneurs

    • Wednesday, 26 October, 2022
      Pakistan
      ‘It’s the fault of climate change’: Pakistan seeks ‘justice’ after floods

      Disaster puts country at forefront of debate about who should pay for ravages of global warming

    • Wednesday, 10 August, 2022
      Pakistan
      Investors shun Pakistani bonds over rising default threat

      Country’s debt is trading at distressed levels as scorching inflation compounds economic woes

    • Friday, 3 June, 2022
      Imran Khan calls for protests after Pakistan raises fuel prices

      Former prime minister increases pressure on government as it seeks next tranche of crucial IMF loan

    • Friday, 8 April, 2022
      News in-depthPakistan
      Pakistan’s supreme court puts Imran Khan back on the brink

      Prime minister faces political demise after judges block bid to dissolve parliament

    • Tuesday, 7 December, 2021
      News in-depthNikkei Asia
      China-Pakistan Belt and Road Initiative hits buffers

      Disagreements, terrorism and Covid continue to stymie CPEC projects

    • Wednesday, 1 December, 2021
      News in-depthPakistan
      Pakistan’s economic pain poses political headache for Imran Khan

      Surging inflation and tumbling currency belie prime minister’s promises to end instability

    • Sunday, 14 July, 2019
      Pakistan PM Imran Khan hit by strikes over IMF programme

      Islamabad grapples with opposition to austerity plan and order to pay $6bn to miner

    • Thursday, 23 May, 2019
      Saudi Arabia grants $9.6bn payment holiday to Pakistan

      Riyadh seeks to cement regional alliances amid escalating tensions with Iran

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