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Pakistan’s rupee plummets against the dollar as country’s government agrees to comply with IMF

Cash-strapped Pakistan’s currency plunged Thursday against the dollar after the government indicated it was ready to comply with tough conditions set by the International Monetary Fund for the next tranche of its bailout package.

Pakistan is seeking a crucial installment of $1.1 billion from the fund — part of its $6 billion bailout package — to avoid default. Talks with the IMF on reviving the bailout stalled in the past months.

The rupee closed at 230 to the dollar on Wednesday. It slipped further, trading at 255 for $1 within hours of the market reopening Thursday. The government did not immediately comment on the developments.

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Analyst Ahsan Rasool says the rupee’s decline is a sign that Pakistan was close to securing the much-needed loan from the IMF.

A roadside money changer holds up a Pakistani Fifty Rupee banknotes in Karachi, Pakistan, on Dec. 14, 2017. Pakistan's rupee has plunged in comparison to the U.S. dollar after the government agreed to comply with the IMF.

A roadside money changer holds up a Pakistani Fifty Rupee banknotes in Karachi, Pakistan, on Dec. 14, 2017. Pakistan’s rupee has plunged in comparison to the U.S. dollar after the government agreed to comply with the IMF.
(Asim Hafeez/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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The rupee’s slide comes days after Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif said his government was ready to adhere to the “tough conditions of the IMF” to revive the $6 billion bailout package, which has been on hold for the past several months.

Pakistan is currently grappling with one of the country’s worst economic crisis amid dwindling foreign exchange reserves. That has raised fears that Pakistan could default, although Sharif insists it pulled the country from the brink of the default when it took over last year.

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Sharif has blamed Prime Minister Imran Khan and his government for the economic malaise. Khan was ousted in a no-confidence in Parliament in April, and has since been campaigning for early elections.

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