Information minister says PM would meet Christine Lagarde on the sidelines of the World Government Summit Prime Minister Imran Khan will meet International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde in Dubai on Sunday for talks on issues which have held up bailout negotiations, a Pakistani minister said on Saturday. Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry told Reuters PM Khan would meet IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde on the sidelines of the World Government Summit in Dubai.
“This will give us a chance to understand the IMF views, and we will be able to give our version to [Lagarde],” said Chaudhry, who will accompany Khan to Dubai along with Finance Minister Asad Umar. Chaudhry said Pakistan wants any agreed bailout package – country’s second IMF bailout since 2013 – to be the nation’s last such economic rescue by the IMF. Pakistan is seeking its 13th bailout since the late 1980s to deal with a current account deficit that threatens to trigger a balance of payments crisis.
Published in Daily Times, February 10th 2019.
