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      <title>Interim govt likely to hold talks with IMF over loan programme in Morocco</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pakistan’s economic team, led by Caretaker Finance Minister Dr Shamshad Akhtar is likely to hold consultations with the officials of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) regarding the loan programme with the global lender.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dr Akhtar and her team are currently in Morocco to participate in the annual meetings of the IMF and the World Bank.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The caretaker government’s economic team will attend the annual meetings of the IMF and WB scheduled to start today (Monday). Governor State Bank and finance secretary are also part of the delegation, reports said.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Besides participating in the annual meetings of the World Bank and the IMF, the economic team is also likely to meet with the IMF managing director, World Bank president, and Asian Development Bank officials on the sidelines, &lt;em&gt;Business Recorder&lt;/em&gt; reported.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The caretaker finance minister, along with the economic team, is expected to discuss the sale of bonds in the international market, besides holding meetings with Chinese and Saudi finance ministers, it added.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The finance minister is also scheduled to hold a meeting with the officials of global rating agency Moody’s on the sidelines of the IMF and WB annual meetings.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>Pakistan’s economic team, led by Caretaker Finance Minister Dr Shamshad Akhtar is likely to hold consultations with the officials of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) regarding the loan programme with the global lender.</strong></p>
<p>Dr Akhtar and her team are currently in Morocco to participate in the annual meetings of the IMF and the World Bank.</p>
<p>The caretaker government’s economic team will attend the annual meetings of the IMF and WB scheduled to start today (Monday). Governor State Bank and finance secretary are also part of the delegation, reports said.</p>
<p>Besides participating in the annual meetings of the World Bank and the IMF, the economic team is also likely to meet with the IMF managing director, World Bank president, and Asian Development Bank officials on the sidelines, <em>Business Recorder</em> reported.</p>
<p>The caretaker finance minister, along with the economic team, is expected to discuss the sale of bonds in the international market, besides holding meetings with Chinese and Saudi finance ministers, it added.</p>
<p>The finance minister is also scheduled to hold a meeting with the officials of global rating agency Moody’s on the sidelines of the IMF and WB annual meetings.</p>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2023 11:17:27 +0500</pubDate>
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