Finance minister reviews budget preparations

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar chaired a meeting at the Ministry of Finance on Saturday to review budget preparations, ahead of his forthcoming visit to Washington DC for spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

The meeting was attended by the finance secretary, secretary economic affairs division and senior officials of the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources.

The finance secretary briefed the finance minister on the status of preparations for the budget for FY 2017-18.

He said that interaction with all stakeholders is being actively undertaken for the preparations and the prescribed timelines are being followed strictly.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 16^th, 2017.

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