October 20, 2016
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IMF chief, ADB president to visit Pakistan
Country to also host CAREC’s 15th Ministerial conference from October 25-26
ISLAMABAD: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Laragrde and Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao are to visit Pakistan in the next week.
Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar chaired a meeting in this regard on Thursday to review the arrangements for their visits besides the other international events planned for the next week.
Pakistan will also host the 15th Ministerial conference of Central Asian Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) in Islamabad from October 25-26.
Finance Ministry’s officials briefed the minister on the overall arrangements for the CAREC conference and high profile visits in a befitting manner. Dar said that the CAREC conference will provide member countries an important opportunity to further collaborate in areas of mutual interest to improve regional cooperation.
The delegations from CAREC states including Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Georgia will participate in the conference.
He said the high profile visits as well as CAREC conference is a proof that the confidence of the international development partners in the strength of Pakistan’s economy.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk