IMF Lending To Pak Akin To Bankrolling Terrorism

New Delhi: In scathing criticism of the IMF loan to Pakistan, former Assistant General Secretary of the United Nations Laxmi M Puri said: “The world needs to understand- funding Pakistan is not supporting peace. It’s subsidising terrorism.”

“From 1958 to yesterday — Pakistan has turned the IMF into a revolving credit line for chaos. Not for reforms, not for development — but to bankroll terror networks, shield global fugitives and prop up a military that thrives on instability,” Laxmi Puri lamented in a note on X.

“Pakistan has defaulted on democracy, violated every IMF programme condition, and used bailouts to underwrite bloodshed. Yet the world keeps writing cheques. Why? Fear? Fragility? Or just failure to learn?” she questioned.