Cancel all multilateral debt to Pak: Oxfam
International aid agency Oxfam has warned that the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) latest installment of $ 450 million loan to flood-ravaged Pakistan would risk plunging the country into debt that it can ill afford.
In a statement issued on Thursday, the aid group demanded cancellation of all multilateral and…
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