The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has given a green light to the Pakistani government to introduce a Prime Minister’s aid package worth Rs. 389 billion from emergency funds, government sources told the proposal.
The recent flood damage has come from the provinces. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has reported initial damage. 40 and RS. RS with 50 billion, final estimate. 30 billion. Sindh has damaged its initial floods. 40 billion. The dialogue between the IMF delegation and the provincial officials has focused on the budget increase, loss, recovery and rehabilitation efforts.
Sources say a relief package is under consideration for the flood victims, and the provincial governments will share their final loss data with the IMF. Talks with Punjab officials are scheduled for today.
The IMF has also called for an immediate publication of corruption and diagnostic reports, but the Finance Ministry has requested more time to release it. In addition, the IMF is pressuring the public disclosure of assets heroes through military, judicial officers, and civil bureaucracy.
A letter was written to the IMF on the change of FBR and the measures of politically exposed persons, requesting amendments to the report. The fund has also demanded the Auditor General to give Pakistan a full institutional sovereignty and has asked the Finance Ministry to separate the tax policy from the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).