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Moody's lifts Pakistan sovereign rating to B3 from Caa1

By none@none.com (ReutersNews Desk)

Global ratings agency Moody’s lifted Pakistan’s sovereign rating to ‘B3’ from ‘Caa1’ on Monday, citing improvements in governance and easing external vulnerability risks. The agency maintained the country’s outlook at ‘stable’. The development comes only a month after S&P Global Ratings upgraded Pakistan’s long-term sovereign credit rating to ‘B’ from ‘B-’, citing an improving external position and gradual macroeconomic stabilisation, while also assigning a stable outlook. A country’s soverei...