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Pakistan's finance minister said on Saturday that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed concern about the country's recently unveiled budget, but the government is confident it can make changes to satisfy the lender.
Pakistan is looking to getting a staff level agreement with the IMF this month, Miftah Ismail said.
It unveiled a 9.5 trillion Pakistani rupee ($47.12 billion) budget for 2022-23 on Friday aimed at tight fiscal consolidation in a bid to convince the IMF to restart much-needed bailout payments.
"There are still some concerns the IMF has about our budget and numbers and stuff like that," Ismail said
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