PM calls for delay of debt re-payments for poor nations until pandemic ends.

Prime Minister Imran Khan, while suggesting a five-point frame work to fight the pandemic and recovering economies, said debt re-payments for the most stressed countries should be delayed until the end of the pandemic.

He was addressing virtually the 4th Session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Financing for Development on Monday. Prime Minister Imran Khan has called for devising a viable framework for equitable and affordable supply of Covid-19 vaccine to developing countries.

The Prime Minister said coverage of the COVAX facility must be expanded enabling the developing countries to spend their precious resources on socio-economic development needs. The Prime Minister said public-sector debt under an agreed and inclusive multilateral framework should be restructured and concessional financing through...

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