Parliamentary nod for prior actions must by June 30 for IMF loan

• Mission set to fly out tomorrow without announcing staff level agreement
• Federal budget expected on June 7

ISLAMABAD: Pakis­tan would have to complete a set of prior actions — mostly through binding parliamentary approvals and legislation — within the next 40 days in order to reach a formal staff level agreement (SLA) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for its next bailout programme, as a fortnight-long dialogue winds down.

Informed sources said Pakistani authorities and an IMF staff mission...