PESHAWAR: Finance Minister Asad Umar on Monday said that the country is close to reaching an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in order to secure a financial assistance package. The comments come a day after Prime Minister Imran Khan met with IMF chief Christine Lagarde on the sidelines of the World Government Summit in Dubai. Umar explained that Pakistan and IMF had convergent views regarding the implementation of structural reforms and that an agreement was imminent. She gave these remarks on the sidelines of her meeting with the Prime Minister Imran Khan at the World Government Summit in Dubai on Sunday. Sources told that the government’s economic team and the international lending organisation has reached an agreement in their recent communication.

Source: Pakistan Today February 11, 2019 09:22 UTC