Pakistan, Oct. 9 -- Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday reached a Staff-Level Agreement (SLA) on the fourth review of the 37-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and the third review of the 28-month Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF), paving the way for Pakistan to access about $1.2 billion from the Fund's resources.

The staff-level agreement is subject to approval by the IMF Executive Board and upon approval, Pakistan will have access to about US$1.0 billion (SDR 760 million) under the EFF and about US$210 million (SDR 154 million) under the RSF, bringing total disbursements under the two arrangements to about US$5.7 billion.

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