Pakistan has not formally requested IMF facility - official

Islamabad: Pakistan has not formally requested a facility from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the prime minister's top adviser on economic affairs said on Thursday.

"We have not formally requested the board of the IMF for a facility, as of now," the adviser, Shaukat Tarin, told a news conference in Islamabad.

On Wednesday, the IMF said Pakistan had requested financial assistance and discussions on a programme would begin in the next few days.