{"id":306117,"date":"2023-01-08T08:52:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-08T03:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=306117"},"modified":"2023-01-08T09:11:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T04:11:54","slug":"govt-to-complete-terms-of-imf-programme-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/govt-to-complete-terms-of-imf-programme-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt to complete terms of IMF programme: PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Premier announces that IMF delegation will soon visit Pakistan<br \/>\n islamabad<br \/>\nPrime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday said he had expressed his government\u2019s resolve to complete the terms of the International Monetary Fund\u2019s (IMF) programme, in a conversation with the lender\u2019s managing director yesterday.<br \/>\nThe telephone conversation comes as Pakistan\u2019s economy is increasingly febrile, with foreign exchange reserves amounting to fewer than three weeks of imports.<br \/>\n\u201cIn a phone call with Managing Director [Kristalina Georgieva] of the IMF yesterday, I told her about the government\u2019s resolve to complete the terms of IMF\u2019s program,\u201d PM Shehbaz said on Twitter.<br \/>\n\u201cI also explained Pakistan\u2019s economic difficulties especially after the devastating floods. IMF delegation will come to Pakistan soon.\u201d<br \/>\nThe premier\u2019s statement comes a day after he said an IMF delegation would come to Pakistan in \u201ctwo to three days\u201d to finalise the ninth review of Pakistan\u2019s $7bn Extended Fund Facility (EFF).<br \/>\nPakistan entered a $6 billion IMF programme in 2019, which was increased to $7bn last year. The programme\u2019s ninth review, which would release $1.18bn, is currently pending. It had earlier been put off for two months due to the PML-N-led government\u2019s unwillingness to accept certain conditions placed before it by the Fund, and the disagreements have yet to be resolved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Premier announces that IMF delegation will soon visit Pakistan islamabad Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday said he had expressed his government\u2019s resolve to complete the terms of the International Monetary Fund\u2019s (IMF) programme, in a conversation with the lender\u2019s managing director yesterday. 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