Pakistan, Jan. 28 -- Economists Nadeem ul Haque and Shahid Kardar argue that Pakistan's repeated reliance on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is not the result of a lack of ideas, but of deep-rooted structural flaws in the country's economic system that continue to generate balance-of-payments crises.

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In an opinion piece, the authors contend that official discussions on "exiting the IMF" often rely on slogans such as boosting exports, improving human capital and strengthening governance, without identifying the concrete policy actions required to achieve these goals. They maintain that aspirations are frequently confused with instruments, while outcomes are mistakenl...