During a meeting with Finance Minister Ishaq Dar held in the Q Block, Donald Blome, the United States Ambassador, raised the question, according to finance ministry officials. However, this plan is still in its infancy stage, although these countries have shown interest in joint ventures many months ago. Dar informed the US ambassador about the fiscal consolidation that he introduced in the budget, showing a primary budget surplus of Rs379 billion. Mitchell advised the finance minister to bridge the trust deficit with the IMF. The US ambassador expressed confidence in the policies and programmes of the government for economic sustainability and socio-economic upliftment of the masses, said the finance ministry.
