Pakistan committed to enter into extended programme with IMF: Aurangzeb

Minister for Finance Muhammad Aurangzeb says Pakistan is committed to enter into a larger and extended programme with the IMF.

He was addressing the JP Morgan Seminar on Pakistan’s Economic Policy Outlook in Washington.

The Minister said government is focusing on three important reform areas including taxation, energy and privatization.

He highlighted positive economic indicators including strong performance of the agriculture sector, diminishing inflationary pressures, stable exchange rate, declining trade deficit and strong remittances.

Source: Radio Pakistan

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