\u201cIt is necessary to fix those things,\u201d he said. \u201cThese reforms are painful but necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n
He vowed to keep making efforts to ensure Pakistan completed the IMF programme.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce the MEFP has been finalised, they (IMF) have their own internal process and then a Board meeting is held. And then finally, when approval is given, the [tranche] is disbursed.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a standard process which can neither be shortened, and hopefully they won\u2019t extend it unnecessarily,\u201d Dar added.<\/p>\n
The finance minister shared that the country would receive a $1.2bn disbursement in the form of Special Drawing Rights after the review\u2019s completion.<\/p>\n
SDRs are international reserve assets created by the IMF in 1969 and are allocated to member states to supplement existing official reserves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cIt is necessary to fix those things,\u201d he said. \u201cThese reforms are painful but necessary.\u201d He vowed to keep making efforts to ensure Pakistan completed the IMF programme. \u201cOnce the MEFP has been finalised, they (IMF) have their own internal process and then a Board meeting is held. And then finally, when approval is given, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312880,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-312878","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n