International Monetary Fund imposes 11 new bailout conditions on Pakistan

Exam-focused facts from the 13 December 2025 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has added 11 fresh conditions to Pakistan’s $7-billion bailout programme during its second review.
These new conditions push the total to 64 conditions in just 18 months.
The IMF warned that Pakistan’s economy continues to suffer from “deep-rooted distortions,” driven by chronic corruption, governance failures, and persistent losses across key sectors.
A key reform mandate requires the government to publicly disclose asset declarations of senior federal civil servants by December 2026 on an official website.