The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released $2.1 billion to Pakistan under its Extended Fund Facility (EFF), saying the country met “all the required targets.”
This money arrived even as Pakistan was firing across the border and India was launching Operation Sindoor—a military response to cross-border terrorism.
India isn’t staying quiet. Our leaders are asking the hard question: Why is the IMF rewarding a country that lets terror grow on its soil?
India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh didn’t mince words—he called it indirect funding of terror.
It’s like giving your noisy neighbor a loan after he’s thrown a brick through your window.
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11 New IMF Conditions
But this isn’t a free pass for Pakistan. The IMF has slapped 11 new conditions for the next tranche, including:
- Approval of a massive Rs 17.6 trillion budget
- Higher electricity bills via a new debt servicing surcharge
- Lifting import restrictions on used cars
- Legislation to make a controversial power levy permanent
- Phasing out industrial zone incentives by 2035
Also, Pakistan must publish a financial strategy post-2027. Seems like the IMF wants receipts—and a five-year plan.
India isn’t against economic aid. But when that money helps keep a hostile neighbor afloat while they’re aiming rifles at our jawans, there’s a serious moral contradiction.
The IMF says Pakistan met the “targets.” Sure—but what about ethics? Should “targets met” trump cross-border terrorism?
Even IMF spokesperson Julie Kozack had to acknowledge the rising India-Pakistan conflict, offering sympathies and calling for peace. Nice words. But money speaks louder.
This isn’t just about foreign aid. It’s about global hypocrisy. A country can fund terror one day, hit economic targets the next, and get paid in billions. Meanwhile, India—peace-loving, democratic, and growing fast—is told to keep calm.
We will. But we’ll also keep calling it out.
