The IMF will conduct a proper debt sustainability analysis of Pakistan before granting it any loan, a senior official has said, amid concerns that Islamabad is seeking a multibillion-dollar bailout package from the global financial body to pay back Chinese creditors.

IMF to check Pakistan's debt sustainability before loan: Official

Last week, we saw Pakistan reaching out to every conceivable friend for bailout assistance. The government was also unable to control radical elements that overpowered its decisions and judiciary in Asia Bibi case.

Where is debt-ridden Pakistan heading?

Pakistan Government wants $3 Billion for CPEC

Pakistan on Thursday rejected protests by India against a bus service to China, passing through PoK under the ambitious CPEC project, even as Beijing defended the proposed service saying its cooperation with Islamabad has nothing to do with the Kashmir dispute and will not change its principled stance on the issue.

China defends CPEC bus service as Pakistan rejects India’s protests

Ahead of Prime Minister Imran Khan's first visit to China, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday said the relations between the two nations is a "model of state-to-state ties" and the CPEC projects have given an important socio-economic development dimension to their friendship.

Pakistan, China relations a 'model of state-to-state ties': Qureshi

Ahead of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's maiden visit, China on Friday sounded positive about extending new loans to Islamabad to avoid another IMF bailout package which may carry stringent conditions.

Ahead of Imran's visit, China sounds positive about providing loans to Pakistan to avoid IMF bailout

Prime Minister Imran Khan will visit Saudi Arabia on October 23, his second to the cash-rich kingdom in just over a month, a media report said Thursday as Pakistan tried to keep its economy afloat.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan to visit Saudi for second time: Report

China on Tuesday said there will be more projects planned under the so-called China-Pakistan Economic Corridor or CPEC project amid concerns over Pakistan's rising debt and a bailout move by the global lender IMF.

As Pakistan negotiates IMF bailout, China says more corridor projects planned

As cash-strapped Pakistan approached the IMF for a bailout agreeing to share the details of huge Chinese loans obtained for the CPEC, a wary China on Monday said the global lender should "objectively and professionally" evaluate its investments and ensure that any financial package does not affect close ties between Beijing and Islamabad.

IMF should objectively and professionally evaluate investments in Pakistan: China

Prime Minister Imran Khan will embark on his first visit to China on November 3 and is expected to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping and other top leaders and discuss ways to boost defence ties as well as the controversy-hit China-Pakistan Economic Corridor projects, according to a media report on Monday.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan to embark on first visit China from November 3

Pakistan is ready to share details of the debt related to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) with the IMF, Finance Minister Asad Umar has said while rejecting the US' view that China-funded projects were to blame for the cash-strapped country's current economic woes.

Pakistan ready to share details of CPEC debts with IMF for bailout package: Finance minister Umar

Before actually formally approaching the International Monetary Fund(IMF) for a bailout, the global governance institute has warned Pakistan against “excessive loans” from China.

The reform of the IMF is imperative for an equitable world order

Interpol, the France-based global police agency, is supposed to find missing or wanted people. Last week, to its embarrassment, it said it couldn’t locate its own president, Meng Hongwei, who was on a visit to China.

China on back foot as Silk Route hits roadblocks

Pakistan, following in the footsteps of Malaysia and Myanmar, is the latest country to balk at the China and infrastructure focus of Beijing’s Belt and Road-related investments.

Remodelling the Belt and Road: Pakistan picks up the torch

China on Tuesday played down reports of Pakistan's plans to cut down a railway project under the multi-billion dollar CPEC by $ 2 billion, saying Prime Minister Imran Khan has assured his support to the various projects under the flagship Belt and Road Initiative.

Different voices coming from Pak on CPEC: China

China on Monday reacted guardedly to Saudi Arabia's plan to invest in Pakistan, saying it is a "positive factor" if any other party would like to contribute to promote the inter-connectivity and prosperity of the region on the basis of consultation.

Saudi Arabia's plan to invest in Pak a 'positive factor': China

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said that his government is focusing on abolishing Balochistan's apprehensions regarding the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), promising to give the province its due share from the deal.

Imran Khan promises to give Balochistan its due share in CPEC

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is expected to make his first official visit to China next month, his foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said. Khan's visit to China has come amid reports hinting that the new government has a growing uneasiness with the ambitious China project.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan to visit China in November

In a U-turn, Pakistan has announced that its close ally Saudi Arabia would not join the $ 50 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, days after Islamabad said Riyadh will be the third "strategic partner" of China's flagship project, the Belt and Road Initiative.

In U-turn, Pakistan says Saudi Arabia will not be part of CPEC

Pakistan today cut the size of China's "Silk Road" by $2 billion due to rising debt constraints, Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed said. Also Read: CPEC projects risk widening social divides in Pakistan, says Report "Pakistan is a poor country that cannot afford huge burden of the loans," Rasheed said, adding,"therefore, we have reduced the loan from China under CPEC for rail projects from $8.

$2 billion cut from China's 'silk road' in Karachi-Peshawar road project due to debts: Pakistan

Saudi Arabia is set to join the multibillion-dollar project China Pakistan Economic Corridor(CPEC) as a third major economic partner. In a tweet on September 20, PTI minister Fawad Chaudhry announced that Pakistan had invited Saudi Arabia to join CPEC as the third strategic partner.

Saudi Arabia to join CPEC project as third economic partner: Pakistan government

China refrained from any direct comment on Pakistan's move on exercising administrative authority on Gilgit-Baltistan.

China mum on Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan order, says CPEC will not affect its stand on Kashmir

The reserves are barely enough for two months of imports

Pakistan's foreign exchange slides, China steps in

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