DUBAI: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar arrived in Dubai on Tuesday evening to lead the Pakistani delegation during the talks with International Monetary Fund (IMF).
He met with the IMF Mission Chief and its members and received briefings from the Pakistan team as well. He expressed satisfaction on the progress of the negotiations and remarked that he was confident that the last review would be successfully concluded.
He said that this would be a historic occasion, as it would be for the first time that a medium term reforms program supported by IMF would be successfully concluding at the close of its three-year term.
He said that the Pakistani economy has undergone massive transformation during this period. He added that the macroeconomic framework is stable because of rising growth, declining inflation, fiscal consolidation aided by rising tax collections, stable external account and higher reserves.
He further stated that the path of growth and stability would remain the hallmark of economic management after the conclusion of the Fund program as per manifesto of Pakistan Muslim League-N under the leadership of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
