ISLAMABAD: (May 24) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Saturday that it held “constructive discussions” with Pakistani authorities on the upcoming budget while committing to continue talks in the coming days.
The IMF team started high-level policy talks in Islamabad on May 19 to discuss the FY 2025-26 budget, which went on for days but apparently were inconclusive, forcing the government to delay the announcement of the budget till June 10.
“We held constructive discussions with the authorities on their FY2026 budget proposals and broader economic policy, and reform agenda supported by the 2024 Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and the 2025 Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF),” the IMF’s mission chief Nathan Porter said in a statement. PTI
