Flood-Hit Pakistan Should Seek Loan Restructure, Says UN

The United Nations said Pakistan should seek to restructure existing loans and suspend debt repayments after being hit by severe floods and humanitarian crisis, The Financial Times reported.

Suspended repayments could “free up fiscal space for urgent disaster response and recovery,” a draft paper from the UN Development Programme said in the report. Pakistan could also forgo repayments to invest in climate-change resilient infrastructure, it added.

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Alfie Habershon

Alfie is a Reporter at Asia Financial. He previously lived in Mumbai reporting on India's economy and healthcare for data journalism initiative IndiaSpend, as well as having worked for London based Tortoise Media.