Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar on Thursday admitted that Pakistan has taken longer than expected to complete the ninth review of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Extended Fund Facility (EFF), but assured that Islam Abad is “very close” to signing staff. Level Agreement (SLA).
“We look very close to signing the staff-level agreement in the next few days,” Dar said in his address at a seminar organized by the finance ministry.
However, the finance minister cited his experience of completing 12 full reviews of Pakistan’s “one and only” IMF program, saying that Islamabad has “taken more time than it should” to complete the pending ninth review. “.
“I think we owe it to this nation that we show seriousness, we deliver and we show the world that we can honor sovereign commitments, no matter what,” Darr said. It depends on who did them.” He also assured that his team is “absolutely committed” to complete the program to the best of its ability.
