KARACHI: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has accepted Pakistan’s request to postpone the review of its $6 billion loan programme scheduled for Jan 12, sources told Dawn on Saturday. The review is now expected to take place either on Jan 28 or 31, they said. The government on Jan 4 laid the controversial Finance (Supplementary) Bill 2021, generally known as mini-budget, before the Senate following its introduction in the National Assembly on Dec 30, 2021 along with the State Bank of Pakistan (Amendment) Bill 2021. Meeting now likely to be held on 28th or 31st The approval of the two bills is necessary to ensure that the sixth review of the country’s $6bn Extended Fund Facility gets cleared by the IMF’s Executive Board. The government initially aimed to have the two bills passed before the IMF board’s meeting scheduled for Jan 12. If passed by the parliament, the mini-budget will net additional revenues to the tune of Rs343 billion, equal to 0.6 per cent of GDP, mainly by...