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Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb held meetings with the senior officials of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and reviewed Pakistan’s macroeconomic performance and progress under the Fund’s programme, the finance ministry said on Thursday.
In a post on social media platform X, the finance ministry said that the minister held a series of meetings with the Fund’s senior management, including First Deputy Managing Director Dan Katz, Deputy Managing Director Nigel Clarke, Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department Jihad Azour and Mission Chief for Pakistan Iva Petrova.
“During the meetings, the finance minister reviewed Pakistan’s macroeconomic performance and progress under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF), Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF), and the broader IMF-supported reform programme,” the ministry stated.
He highlighted the country’s “improved fiscal and external balances, achievement of revenue targets, stronger foreign exchange reserves, record remittances and an improved current account position”.
