People buy rice and other items at a market, in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, July 13, 2023. Pakistan’s finance minister on Thursday said the International Monetary Fund deposited a much-awaited first installment of $1.2 billion with the country’s central bank under a recently signed bailout aimed at enabling the impoverished Islamic nation to avoid defaulting on its debt repayments. (Phoot by Fareed Khan/AP Photo)
