Overview
- A four-member team led by Nino Tchelishvili is in Islamabad through November 21 for a technical assistance mission.
- The review spans fiscal data governance, public finance laws, internal controls, treasury and cash management, procurement, debt reporting, data architecture, and the central bank’s payment systems.
- Authorities reported a Rs448 billion statistical discrepancy for July–September, including Rs93 billion in untracked federal expenses and Rs354 billion in provincial mismatches.
- Government sources say the IMF has asked to curb federal supplementary grant powers and requested a special audit of such grants over the past decade.
- Sources indicate the mission’s report will be shared with IMF executive directors and sponsor countries, with the governance diagnostic and findings tied to approval of roughly $1.2 billion in early December.