[lbo-talk] Pakistan needs $10-15 bln fast, says PM's adviser

[uvj at vsnl.com]

Pakistan needs $10-15 bln fast, says PM's adviser
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-CreditCrisis/idUSTRE49K06320081021?sp=true

Tue Oct 21, 2008

Simon Cameron-Moore

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan requires $10 billion to $15 billion of
support from foreign lenders to avert a balance of payments crisis, the
country's newly appointed economic troubleshooter said.

"In 24 months, we must correct the imbalance we have created," Shaukat
Tarin, adviser to the prime minister on economic affairs, told Dawn News
television.
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-CreditCrisis/idUSTRE49K06320081021?sp=true