A constitutional crisis in Pakistan threatens to scupper its deal with the IMF, which would throw its already-precarious external situation into very dangerous territory. Meanwhile, political meltdown in Sri Lanka, where an external crisis is already well underway, has dashed hopes of the country securing its own IMF deal and once again ramped up the risk of sovereign default.
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