Pakistan to fully honor IMF agreement

Islamabad: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has assured that Pakistan will fully honor the agreement reached with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

In a telephonic conversation with Managing Director (MD) of IMF Kristalina Georgieva, the Prime Minister said, during a meeting with his economic team, he made it clear that even the slightest violation of the agreement will not be tolerated.

He stated: “We are in government till 12th of next month and then caretaker government will assume responsibilities,” assuring that the caretaker government would continue to honour the agreement.

Shehbaz Sharif continued to say that if people elected us after the election, they would turn around the economy with the support of IMF.

The Prime Minister appreciated the sentiments of the MD IMF for the poor people.

MD IMF said: “A strong partnership and mutual trust have now been established between Pakistan and the IMF”.

She was confident that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif would honor the promises.

Commending the leadership of Shehbaz Sharif, she added: “Pakistan is an important member of the IMF and we will continue to extend every possible support to it”.

The MD IMF expressed the desire to stay in close contact with the Prime Minister.