ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb and the Chinese ambassador resolved on Tuesday to boost the economic ties between the two countries. The Chinese envoy called on and felicitated him to becoming the finance minister.
Both leaders had discussed matters in line with bilateral relations and economic cooperation between the two countries. Few days back, Aurangzeb said that Pakistan wants biggest and longest-running program from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in the country’s history. Muhammad Aurangzeb said that Pakistan will try to take a big program according to the quota and vows economic discipline in the IMF program.
“The improvement of the economy is the goal of our government more than the IMF,” Muhammad Aurangzeb said. He said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s vision for the improvement of the economy is clear as the premier gave strict instructions to maintain economic discipline. “There is no obstacle in the final installment of the current loan program from the IMF,’ the finance minister told media persons, adding that, the IMF has to set to release $1.1 billion in the last installment of the current program.
“Drafting the initial outline of the new IMF loan program is the priority,” he stressed and said economic stability is a common goal of the IMF and the government of Pakistan. He praised the previous caretaker government for doing a good job to improve the economy. The affairs of privatization were handled with great interest and diligence by Fawad Hasan Fawad. Muhammad Aurangzeb said that he wanted the system to collect tax revenue digitally as transparency in the tax system is one of the top priorities of the government.
