ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has pointed out governance weaknesses in Pakistani state institutions and urged prioritizing a 15-point set of recommendations to address these issues tied to a heightened risk of corruption. The directions published in the IMF’s Governance and Corruption Diagnostic Assessment (GCDA) estimate that implementing the recommended reforms could raise Pakistan’s gross domestic product (GDP) by 5–6.5 percent over the next five years.