Pakistani govt initiated IMF’s governance and corruption report: Aurangzeb

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has said that the federal government initiated the International Monetary Fund’s recent report regarding Pakistan.

“We initiated this report, and we facilitated this discussion,” he said, speaking in the Upper House of the Parliament on Monday.

The minister was responding to a motion moved by Kamran Murtaza from Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazal (JUI-F) in the Senate session seeking discussion on “Governance and Corruption Diagnostic Assessment in Pakistan whereby IMF has assessed that corruption is a persistent challenge in Pakistan with significant adverse implications for economic development.” Almost 100 meetings were held in which more than 30 organisations participated, the minister said, adding that the report covered seven topics.

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“It’s a technical report, the purpose was to move towards institutional reforms like we are undergoing structural reforms—the report identifies structural deficiencies since the time of inception, over decades,” he said.

The IMF report mentions all the progress made in the last 18 months, Aurangzeb said, adding that the IMF recorded its appreciation in different fields in the report.

The action plan on structural deficiencies would be shared with “everyone,” said the minister. Apart from that, the House passed a resolution moved by PPP’s Talha Mahmood, urging the government to provide adequate relief packages and compensation to the families affected by the 2025 floods.

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