Islamabad: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Director and Head of Review Mission for Pakistan Jihad Azur has expressed confidence in the government’s actions and said that the staff level agreement with Pakistan will be finalized soon.
According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Finance, Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar participated in the spring annual meetings of the IMF and the World Bank through Zoom from Islamabad, which was chaired by Mr. Jihad Azur, Director, Middle East and Central Asia. MCD) were doing.
According to the statement, Minister of State for Finance and Revenue Dr. Ayesha Ghos Pasha, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Finance Tariq Bajwa, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Revenue Tariq Mahmood Pasha participated in the Zoom meeting from Islamabad, while Pakistan’s Ambassador to America Masood Ahmed Khan, Governor State Bank Jameel Ahmed, Secretary Finance, Secretary Economic Affairs Division were present in the meeting in Washington.
According to the statement, the two sides discussed the progress with the ongoing program of the IMF, particularly the discussions with the IMF mission during their visit to Pakistan and detailed implementation of the preliminary measures. There was a discussion.
Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar informed the participants that the Prime Minister has asked her to stay in Pakistan due to important domestic commitments which forced her to cancel her scheduled visit to Washington DC and hence she came via Zoom. Attending MF/World Bank meetings.
Ishaq Dar informed the IMF team about the economic challenges facing the country. He further shared the vision of the Government of Pakistan to bring macroeconomic stability to the country. He also informed that all preliminaries for the 9th review under the Extended Fund Facility have been completed and the Government of Pakistan is fully committed to fulfill its commitments to the IMF.
Ishaq Dar said that the only successful IMF program was during his tenure as the previous finance minister.
Head of the IMF Review Mission, Jihad Azur said that the IMF has confidence in the actions of the Government of Pakistan. will give.
He hoped that Pakistan would continue its progress on reforms in various sectors and complete the IMF program on time. Jajaz Azor said that the IMF will play its positive role in bringing economic stability to Pakistan.
The Finance Minister thanked Director Jihad Azur and his IMF team for their support in completing the 9th Review.
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