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Pakistan’s dollar bonds were amongst the top gainers last week, rallying over 8-10% across the curve. Pakistan made a timely coupon payment on its 8.25% 2024s as per brokerage firm Topline Securities. Also, the nation will be in talks with the IMF this week to unlock $710mn as part of the second tranche of the multilateral lender’s $3bn bailout loan. As part of the nine-month bailout package, the IMF had initially transferred $1.2bn to Pakistan in July. The country’s financial position has seen an improvement with its forex reserves improving from just $3.1bn in January to $7.6bn at end-September 2023.