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Syed Hussain

Pakistan PM Sharif requests IMF release $1.1bn tranche

The IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva (L) met Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (R) in Paris [Pakistan Prime Minister's Office]

Islamabad, Pakistan – The government of Pakistan has made yet another appeal to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to release the $1.1bn tranche, pending since November last year, as the $6.5bn loan programme nears its scheduled expiry at the end of June.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met IMF’s managing director Kristalina Georgieva in Paris on Thursday and said the country has completed all the requirements asked for by the lender.

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