{"id":206958,"date":"2025-06-16T11:45:48","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T11:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/?p=206958"},"modified":"2025-06-16T11:45:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T11:45:48","slug":"opinion-opinion-the-imf-shaped-irony-in-pakistans-massive-defence-budget-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/?p=206958","title":{"rendered":"Opinion: Opinion | The IMF-Shaped Irony In Pakistan’s Massive Defence Budget Hike"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pakistani defence budget retains its opacity. Neither the International Monetary Fund (IMF) nor the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has been able to persuade Pakistan to be a little more transparent to its own people.<\/p>\n

\u200bThe Pakistani defence budget retains its opacity. Neither the International Monetary Fund (IMF) nor the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has been able to persuade Pakistan to be a little more transparent to its own people.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Pakistani defence budget retains its opacity. Neither the International Monetary Fund (IMF) nor the Financial Action Task<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":206959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-206958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t