For Pakistan World Bank appoints country director

ISLAMABAD:

The World Bank has appointed Najy Benhassine as Country Director for Pakistan effective from August 1. According to a statement issued on Monday, Benhassine succeeds Illango Patchamuthu, who completed his term on July 31. “Benhassine most recently served as Regional Director for Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions in the Middle East and North Africa,” it said. “Prior to this, he was director for finance, competitiveness and innovative global practice.” Benhassine’s appointment comes at a time when the government of Pakistan is confronting both the immediate and longer-term health and economic impacts of the Covid-19 crisis. “It is critical that we help protect the lives and livelihoods of the people of Pakistan and support economic recovery in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic,” said Benhassine. “My first priority is to ensure that World Bank support helps to not only alleviate the immediate health and economic impacts of the crisis but also support the government’s ambitious social and economic reform programme.”

Published in The Express Tribune, August 4^th, 2020.

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