Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has reached Dubai on Friday to join the Pakistan delegation for the ongoing Article-IV consultations with the IMF team. Dar is leading the Pakistan side and Harald Finger, IMF Mission Chief to Pakistan is leading the IMF team. The minister was given a detailed briefing by senior members of the Pakistan delegation on proceedings of the first round of talks spanning over 3 days since March 28. Later, the minister also had interaction with Pakistani media based in Dubai.
It may be mentioned that during the consultations, that may continue till April 5, a detailed review of reforms carried out by Pakistan in different areas of the economy, particularly the energy sector, would be undertaken. Although Pakistan last September completed the 12th and final review with IMF under EFF programme that spanned 36 months, its engagement with IMF through policy dialogue in the context of regular consultations and post-programme monitoring is continuing.-PR