Dar in Dubai for talks with IMF

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ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar arrived in Dubai on Wednesday to lead the Pakistani team in talks with the IMF mission for the seventh quarterly review of the Extended Fund Facility programme.

The Pakistani team comprising the governor of State Bank and officials of the finance ministry and other ministries is engaged in negotiations with the IMF mission headed by Herald Finger, since May 1.

The talks will conclude on Saturday, and it is expected that the two sides will reach staff-level understanding on a memorandum of economic and financial policies on the seventh quarterly review of the programme.

Also read: IMF predicts stronger growth in 2015

The IMF executive board is expected to meet next month to consider releasing the next tranche of over $500 million in support of Pakistan’s economic reform programme.

Published in Dawn, May 7th, 2015

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This drip feeding from the IMF has got to stop. Dar is forever fighting fires and trying to reach the next target set by the IMF. The end result is that his outlook is limited to the next 2-3 months. When will he find time to think longer term for the sake of the country? Is this how he is going to spend his entire term in office?

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