Pak Army Chief’s desperate bid to secure IMF loan; ‘Begs’ U.S. to save economy

• Pakistan's Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has reached out to the US for the early disbursal of the nearly USD 1.2 billion loan from the IMF, a media report said on Friday, as the cash-strapped country grapples with dwindling foreign exchange reserves. Bajwa called US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman earlier this week and reached out to the White House and the US Treasury Department to push the international lender to expedite the early release of the nearly USD 1.2 billion loan, Nikkei Asia reported. Watch this video for more.