To questions about the government’s plans for the IMF programme and launching of the Kamyab Pakistan Programme, the finance minister made it clear that both these programmes would go ahead as per plan. IMF programmeThe finance minister also tried to clarify the air around the fate of the IMF deal amid worsening geoeconomics and geopolitical conditions. “There is no Plan B and remaining in the IMF programme is in the interest of Pakistan,” Tarin said on the matter of whether the government would quit the programme if the IMF did not endorse the Kamyab Pakistan Programme. Read Tarin stresses on boosting e-commerce“The IMF programme is hale and hearty but is in recess,” the finance minister said. “But the money would not be spent unwisely and we will protect the economic stability achieved under the IMF programme,” the minister said.

Source: The Express Tribune August 13, 2021 07:52 UTC