Pakistan economic challenges: Government anxiously awaiting $7bn IMF bailout
Concern’s mounting in Pakistan that a 7-billion-dollar economic bailout from the International Monetary Fund is faltering.
The deal was reached in July but Pakistan’s accusing the IMF of stalling.
Pakistani and IMF officials are meeting on Wednesday to discuss the deal.
The country’s economy faced a slump after years of political instability.
It’s shown some signs of improvement that the government’s anxious to maintain.
More than a-third of Pakistan’s population is suffering from mental illnesses such as anxiety and depression.
That’s according to a report from the health ministry.
It says some of the causes are rising prices and a lack of jobs.
Al Jazeera’s Kamal Hyder reports from Islamabad, Pakistan.
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