An IMF mission held a formal kick-off meeting with Pakistan’s economic team to review the $7 billion Extended Financing Facility and $1.1 billion Resilience and Sustainability Facility. Revenue collection shortfalls and stalled refinery investments are among key discussion points.

Islamabad: An IMF mission held a formal kick-off meeting with Pakistan’s economic team to review the implementation of a USD 7 billion loan and a USD 1.1 billion Resilience and Sustainability Facility, according to a media report on Tuesday.

It comes as the programme’s performance as of end-June 2025 — the period under review — has been mixed, the Dawn newspaper reported.

The IMF team led by Pakistan’s Mission Chief Iva Petrova met on Monday with Pakistan’s delegation headed by Finance Minister Muhammad Auran

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