Washington: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb, conducted a series of meetings with senior management at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to review Pakistan’s progress in economic reforms and macroeconomic performance. The discussions involved high-level officials including Dan Katz, First Deputy Managing Director, Nigel Clarke, Deputy Managing Director, Jihad Azour, Director of the IMF’s Middle East and Central Asia Department, and Iva Petrova, Mission Chief for Pakistan.

According to Press Information Department, the Finance Minister assessed Pakistan’s performance under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF), Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF), and the broader IMF-supported reform program. Key areas of progress discussed included improvements in fiscal and external balances, revenue targets achievement, foreign exchange reserves, remittances, and current account position.

The meetings also addressed tax and energy reforms, privatization, tariff rationalization, debt management, and diversification of financing sources. The dialogue further explored Pakistan’s return to international capital markets and discussed human capital development, women’s economic participation, demographic challenges, and technology-led growth.

Concluding the meetings, the Finance Minister expressed gratitude to the IMF for acknowledging Pakistan’s program ownership and reform progress. He reaffirmed the government’s commitment to fiscal discipline, policy credibility, structural reforms, and long-term economic transformation.