{"id":23745,"date":"2026-09-14T12:18:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T07:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=23745"},"modified":"2026-09-14T12:18:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T07:18:52","slug":"pakistans-new-auto-policy-approval-tied-to-imf-consultations-faces-further-delay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=23745","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan&#8217;s new auto policy approval tied to IMF consultations, faces further delay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Islamabad: Pakistan&#8217;s new auto policy for the next five years is unlikely to receive final approval until consultations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are completed, raising the prospect of a further delay in its rollout.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The draft of the new Auto Development and Export Policy has been completed, but final approval is expected only after the upcoming IMF review talks.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the policy remains pending and its formal launch could face further delays.<\/p>\n<p>Sources in the Ministry of Industries and Production said the draft had been finalised but would be discussed with the IMF review mission before being moved forward.<\/p>\n<p>The IMF review team is scheduled to begin its visit to Pakistan on September 23, during which consultations on the proposed auto policy are expected to take place.<\/p>\n<p>The policy is expected to move towards final approval after consultations and review discussions with the IMF are completed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Pakistan&#8217;s new auto policy for the next five years is unlikely to receive final approval until consultations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are completed, raising the prospect of a further delay in its rollout. The draft of the new Auto Development and Export Policy has been completed, but final approval is expected only [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23746,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,36],"tags":[7218,13613,13615,145,13614,62],"class_list":["post-23745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-pakistan","tag-auto-industry","tag-auto-policy","tag-automotive-sector","tag-imf","tag-industries-ministry","tag-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23745"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23747,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23745\/revisions\/23747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}