Fund’s mission may visit

ISLAMABAD: The Post Programme Monitoring mission of the International Monetary Fund led by Jeffry Franks is scheduled to visit Islamabad on January 8, 2013 to scrutinise the Pakistan’s ability of loan repayment, it is learnt.

The mission will hold talks with the Federal Minister for Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh from January 8 to 10, 2013, said the sources.

However, Advisor to Finance Division Rana Assad Amin, who is also official spokesman of the ministry, on Monday expressed his ignorance about the schedule of the upcoming IMF’s mission. —Mehtab Haider

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