Pakistan assures IMF to successfully completing ongoing programme.
By Mashal Khan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday assured the International Monetary Fund that Islamabad is committed to successfully completing the ongoing IMF programme.
In a statement, issued from the Prime Minister office, Managing Director International Monetary Fund Ms. Kristalina Georgieva called Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif over telephone and expressed her deep sympathy and concern on the human and material losses due to the recent floods and reiterated her commitment to help Pakistan in this difficult period.
The Prime Minister thanked the Managing Director for her concern on the fallout of the floods and extended invitation to the M.D to participate in the Climate Resilient Pakistan Conference at Geneva.
M.D thanked the P.M for the invitation but explained that as the IMF Board meetings had been prefixed for 9th and 10th of January, she will only be able to join the conference virtually, according to the statement.
The Prime Minister assured the M.D IMF that Pakistan is committed to successfully completing the ongoing IMF programme and thanked the M.D for her understanding and empathy of the challenges that Pakistan has been facing.
