Govt Didn't Delay IMF Graft Report: FinMin

Govt didn't delay IMF graft report: FinMin

Minister for Finance Muhammad Aurangzeb has firmly rejected the perception that the government delayed or attempted to withhold the publication of the IMF's Technical Assistance Report on Governance and Corruption Diagnostic Assessment in Pakistan. "The document underwent a rigorous review process involving extensive consultations," the minister told the Senate on Monday while winding up the debate on a motion moved by Senator Kamran Murtaza. "I…

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 “Governan…