The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that Pakistan's macroeconomic outlook is favorable, contingent on sustained implementation of key#
They welcomed the additional measures taken to close the revenue shortfall and encouraged comprehensive, front-loaded reforms to mobilize revenue, including by base-broadening, streamlining concessions and exemptions, improving tax compliance, and enhancing coordination with provincial tax authorities. At the same time, Directors saw a need to continue strengthening frameworks for public debt and financial management, further reducing energy subsidies, and restructuring or privatizing loss-making public enterprises. (SH)