| GEO Business | | Pak seeks $ 4 bln more IMF aid: Tareen | Updated at: 0132 PST, Wednesday, July 15, 2009
NEW YORK: The Federal minister for Finance Shaukat Tareen has said that Pakistan still needs more financial assistance from international community owing to growing economic meltdown.
In his statement released from New York on Tuesday following dialogues he held with investors of Asian Society here, he said the world is still facing economic crisis while Pakistan has sought additional four million dollars aid from International Monetary Fund (IMF).
“We need more financial aid to avert the drawbacks of economic disaster”, he added remarking, “Pakistan has already received the first installment of the $ 7.6 billion aid pledged by IMF”. |  |
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