Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has emphasized the need to provide adequate support to Pakistan to enable it meet the challenges of recovery and rehabilitation in the aftermath of devastating floods in the country.
He made there remarks came at a high level round table on “Pakistan’s Floods: Impact and Response” held in Washington.
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar led the Pakistani delegation at the round table, which was attended by all major bilateral and multilateral development partners and donors.
Initial findings of Pakistan’s post disaster need assessment jointly prepared by the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, the UN Development Program, European Union and government of Pakistan was presented in the roundtable.
Meanwhile, Finance Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar met with IMF’s Director for Middle East and Central Asia Department Jihad Azour in Washington and discussed implementation of IMF program.
The IMF Director sympathized for the losses caused by the floods and assured of IMF’s support.
The US Assistant Secretaries Ramin Toloui and Donald Lu also called on Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and assured continued US support for Pakistan’s relief and recovery efforts.
Finance Minister also held a meeting with CEO Saudi Fund for Development Sultan Abdul Rehman Al Murshid in Washington.
The Finance Minister conveyed Pakistan’s deep gratitude for the support provided by Saudi Arabia to Pakistan at all times and welcomed the forthcoming visit of Saudi Fund for Development’s team to Pakistan.
The CEO of the fund assured continued support to Pakistan.
