FinMin to attend World Bank-IMF meetings

Federal Minister for Finance Muhammad Aurangzeb has departed for the United States to participate in the World Bank Group-IMF Spring Meetings 2026, scheduled to be held in Washington DC from April 13 to 18.

According to a statement released by the finance ministry on Saturday, prior to the spring meetings, the finance minister will visit Boston to attend the Pakistan Conference at Harvard University, where he will engage with leading academics, policymakers and members of the Pakistani diaspora, and share Pakistan's economic outlook, reform trajectory and growth prospects.

During the trip, the finance minister will represent Pakistan at important events organised by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group, and will participate in a wide range of multilateral and bilateral engagements with global financial leaders, development partners and policymakers.

On the sidelines of the spring meetings, Muhammad Aurangzeb is scheduled to hold bilateral meetings with the senior leadership of international financial institutions, including World Bank Group Managing Director (Operations) Anna Bjerde, International Finance Corporation (IFC) Managing Director Makhtar Diop and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) Managing Director Tsutomu Yamamoto. He will also meet the senior IMF leadership, including First Deputy Managing Director Dan Katz, Deputy Managing Director Nigel Clarke and Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department Jihad Azour to discuss Pakistan's macroeconomic outlook, reform progress and future cooperation.

As part of his engagements with the US administration, the finance minister will meet senior officials of the State Department and the Department of Treasury as well as Trade Representative Jamieson Greer to further strengthen bilateral economic cooperation and discuss support for Pakistan's reform agenda. He will also engage with senior representatives of global financial institutions and corporations, including the leadership from major investment institutions and banks such as Franklin Templeton, Rothschild & Co, Citibank and JP Morgan Chase as well as representatives of leading technology and policy platforms.

In addition, Muhammad Aurangzeb will meet his counterparts and financial leaders from partner countries, including China, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Turkiye and the United Kingdom to strengthen bilateral economic cooperation.

He is also scheduled to engage with multilateral and development finance stakeholders, including the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the Gates Foundation and senior representatives of institutions such as the Asian Development Bank, Japan International Cooperation Agency and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.