The Pakistani delegation has had "very good discussions" with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), during which, "the economic performance in Pakistan was appreciated".
This was stated by Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Dr Salman Shah, who attended the IMFC meeting on Saturday, which continued till afternoon.
The important two-day annual WB-IMF spring meetings started on Saturday, while the Pakistan delegation is also holding multilateral and bilateral meetings.
Asked to comment on discussions underway, Salman told APP that "there is an ongoing and continuing support for Pakistan".
The meetings are being attended by finance ministers and governors of central banks of member countries from across the world. Earlier, on Saturday morning, the adviser held a meeting with IMF Deputy Managing Director Augustin Carstens.
The leader of the Pakistan delegation had held meetings with World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz and Vice President Praful Patel on Thursday and Friday.
As a result of these meetings, he said, "Our programmes have been scaled up considerably".
These programmes, he added, "are on track" and that "we are putting in the implementation of these programmes to make sure that we get all benefits out of the programmes".
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