IMF se Pakistan ko loan milne wala hai kya?
Reports ke mutaabik, International Monetary Fund (IMF) ka ek technical mission Pakistan ke climate resilience ke liye loan request par baat karne aa raha hai. Yeh discussion Monday se shuru hogi. Iske baad, next week ek policy review bhi hoga jismein Pakistan ki performance check ki jayegi current $7 billion Extended Fund Facility ke under.
Pakistan maange climate change ke liye help
Pakistan ne climate change se hone wale nuksaan se nipatne ke liye $1 billion ki loan request ki hai. IMF ki technical team planning, finance, climate change, petroleum, water resources, Federal Board of Revenue, disaster management agencies aur provincial governments jaise key ministries ke saath discussions karegi.
IMF ka confirmation
IMF ke Islamabad representative, Mahir Binici ne confirm kiya hai ki yeh discussions aane wale teen hafton tak chalengi. Unhone bataya ki IMF ki team March ke shuru ya mid mein Pakistan visit karegi Extended Fund Facility ke first review ke liye aur Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) ke under assistance request par baat karne ke liye. Iske pehle, ek technical team technical issues par discuss karne ke liye Pakistan pahunch jayegi.
Climate-Related Public Investment Management Assessment (C-PIMA) ki taiyari ho chuki hai
Official sources ke hisaab se, Pakistan ne C-PIMA ke liye documents ready kar liye hain, IMF aur World Bank ke advice ke hisaab se.
Pakistan ne almost saare benchmarks achieve kar liye hain
Sources ke mutaabik, Pakistan ne 39-month EFF ke first biannual review ke liye almost saare benchmarks achieve kar liye hain, ek benchmark ko chhodkar. Yeh benchmark Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) mein amendments se related hai. Lekin, governance structure aur financial safeguards jaise sub-conditions pure kar liye gaye hain.
RSF kya hai?
RSF ke under fund un countries ko diya jaata hai jo climate change se ladne ke liye high-quality reforms karte hain. Yeh loan 30 saal mein wapas karna hota hai, jismein 10 saal ka grace period bhi hota hai.
IMF ki advice: Climate resilience mein invest karo
IMF ne Pakistan ko salah di hai ki woh har saal apne GDP ka 1% (current estimate ke hisaab se Rs 1.24 trillion) climate resilience aur adaptation reforms mein invest kare taki extreme weather conditions se nipta ja sake.
Climate resilience mein investment se growth impact reduce hoga
IMF ne bataya ki climate-adaptive infrastructure mein investment se natural disasters ke negative growth impact ko one-third tak kam kiya ja sakta hai.
Pakistan ke living standards mein decline
IMF ke hisaab se, Pakistan ke living standards mein kai decades se decline aa raha hai. Poverty rates high hain aur social development indicators bhi regional peers se peeche hain.
Pakistan ke climate warming ka rate global average se zyada
Pakistan mein climate warming global average se zyada hai. Iski wajah se water availability kam ho rahi hai, droughts zyada severe ho rahe hain, aur floods aur landslides jaise extreme events badh rahe hain.
2022 floods ka negative macroeconomic impact
2022 ke floods se $29.3 billion ka economic loss hua tha, jo 2020 GDP ka 11.1% hai. Recent floods ne 1,700 logon ki jaan li hai, 8 million logon ko displace kiya hai, poverty rate ko 4% tak badhaya hai aur economic losses FY22 GDP ke 4.8% ke barabar hain. Reconstruction needs FY23 ke budgeted national development expenditure ke 1.6 times hain. Yeh disaster Pakistan ke weak urban planning aur infrastructure ki wajah se aur bhi zyada badh gaya tha.
