Pakistan’s finance minister vowed on September 3 to persevere with plans for new taxes on the retail sector despite strike threats, as a step towards winning approval from the board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a $7-billion loan. The taxes, in line with ambitious revenue targets adopted to clinch a staff-level deal on...

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