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Director, South & Central Asia, @VOANews . Passionate about good journalism. RTs are FYIs, not endorsements.
Apr 23, 2022 5 tweets 2 min read
#Pakistan's new de-facto finance minister @MiftahIsmail and his team had 3 meetings with IMF in D.C., Friday. They're meeting again Sat. Ismail said his govt had two priorities: get back on track with the IMF program and get out of FATF grey list. He seemed hopeful about 1/5 achieving both goals by June. As for IMF demands, Ismael said the fund wants fiscal and tax measures(the same ones as before) plus reversal of recent subsidies provided by @ImranKhanPTI.Ismael called those subsidies, in particular the recent subsidy on petrol and diesel, 2/5