Beating the system to get IMF´s blessings?
(WorldNews Pakistan)

LAHORE: In Pakistan, polarisation in political views is normal; however, a new normal is emerging in the shape of a growing divergence over the status of economy as for the government every economic indicator is blinking green, but for the opposition it’s flashing red. Even the accolades by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are disputed by the opposition and with some justification. The government achieved the primary surplus in the first quarter of this fiscal against all odds. Pundits were predicting much higher primary deficit than the IMF target of 0.7 percent of the GDP in the first quarter. The economic planners did not improve this target because of any prudent economic...