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Pakistan has not formally requested IMF facility - official

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.

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  • Published: 13:21 October 23, 2008
  • Gulf News

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.

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