Business May 1, 2021 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has asked World Bank for $1.2 billion loans during the ongoing fiscal year, including $600 million for Pakistan Programme for Affordable and Clean Energy to reduce circular debt via cost cut in power generation, decarbonising energy mix, improving distribution, and retargeting electricity subsidies. The proposed programme loan of $600 million would be given in the shape of $300 million IDA loan and remaining $300 million as IBRD financing. “Pakistan and the WB high-ups discussed $1.2 billion programme loans approval till June 30, 2021, for undertaking reforms on energy and fiscal side,” top official sources confirmed to The News on Friday. Project financing has been slowed down in Pakistan due to various reasons, including lacklustre approach of executing agencies of donor funded projects. Therefore, authorities were now aiming to generate dollar inflows through programme loans, because its funding was disbursed after undertaking structural reforms.