ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said positive economic indicators show that Pakistan’s economy is on the right track.
He said this while talking to US Deputy National Security Adviser for International Economic Affairs Caroline Atkinson in Washington DC. Dar said that GDP growth of the country touched 4 per cent after six years and revenue growth is at 16 per cent as compared to previous 3 per cent, while remittances have gone up to 13.7 per cent.
“Even just during the first year, the government showed excellent fiscal performance and the confidence of IMF and other lending institutions on the country’s economy has boosted,” he added.
Expressing her satisfaction over the positive economic steps, Caroline Atkinson said that she was looking forward towards the Pak-US Economic Working Group meeting and pledged her all out support to Pakistan for the IMF programme.
