Measure abandoned days before deadline after lenders launched legal challenges and imposed fees
Companies squeezed by falling prices as other countries compete to cultivate crop prized in Chinese kitchens
Talks that led to expected state savings of nearly $1.5bn described as ‘more an execution than a negotiation’
Slow speeds and service disruptions hurt IT companies and rattle investors in one of country’s few standout sectors
Country’s powerful armed forces support Islamabad’s painful restructuring under $7bn bailout
PM Shehbaz Sharif has pushed tax reforms to secure debt-stricken country’s 24th funding programme
Former JPMorgan banker says Islamabad must ‘get real’ as it seeks 24th IMF package
Windfall is a boon to country hit by double-digit inflation and anaemic economic growth
High debt, low growth and raging inflation will challenge a new government lacking a public mandate
Leading political figure says a new government is needed to instil confidence among foreign creditors
Critics warn IMF rescue deal at risk from poor tax collection
Islamabad needs to reverse course, but the west has responsibility too
Reko Diq has potential to be one of world’s biggest suppliers of metal needed for energy transition
Popular anger threatens to derail crisis-hit country’s $3bn IMF programme
Short-term $3bn bailout eases default fears but looming election raises prospect reforms could be unwound
Preliminary agreement staves off threat of default but reforms needed to resolve economic crisis, say analysts
Islamabad had hoped to end deadlock with multilateral lender over stalled $7bn support programme
Islamabad expects Beijing to roll over debt repayments next month but further deadlines loom
The cricketing star turned populist firebrand is at the centre of the country’s latest wave of unrest
Beijing looks to boost investment in Afghanistan and bring country into Belt and Road project
Former prime minister warns debt burden on low-income countries is unmanageable
Soaring inflation and falling foreign currency reserves are creating shortages of imported drugs
Carriers scale back flights or exit as country struggles with scant foreign currency reserves
Defence minister warns country is ‘bankrupt’ after latest talks fail to unlock $1bn tranche
Stark choices face the nuclear power and its creditors if it is to avoid default
