ISLAMABAD: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is scheduled to meet on December 8 to consider “Pakistan’s Second Review for the 37-month Extended Arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF)” and the First Review for the “28-month Arrangement under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF).”
Upon the approval, Pakistan will have access to about USD 1.0 billion (SDR 760 million) under the EFF and about USD 200 million (SDR 154 million) under the RSF, bringing total disbursements under the two arrangements to about USD 3.3 billion.
According to the Fund website, the Board meeting is scheduled for December 8.
An IMF team, led by Iva Petrova, held discussions during September 24-October 8, 2025, mission to Karachi and Islamabad, and in Washington, DC, for the second review under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and the first review under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF).
On October 15, the Fund stated that the Pakistani authorities and IMF staff have reached a staff-level agreement on the second review under Pakistan’s EFF and the first review under RSF.
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