Dar asks friendly states to help close deal with IMF.

ISLAMABAD -- Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar has said that the government is makAing all-out efforts to steer the econAomy out of crises in order to put it on the path of sustainable economAic growth. Addressing as chief guest at an Iftar dinner hosted by the IsAlamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) in honour of forAeign diplomats, Dar said that friendAly countries were expected to materiAalise their commitments with Pakistan that would pave the way to close the deal with the IMF and revive the economy. He said that Pakistan was a rising economy in 2016 as it was expected to become the world's 18th-strongest econAomy, but was now facing seriAous economic...