Pakistan hopeful of success in IMF talks: Hafeez.

Islamabad -- Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh on Wednesday said the negotiations with the International Monetary Fund for a proposed bailout package will continue during the next few days, and that Pakisatan is hopeful of success in the talks with the global lender.

Pakistan and the IMF held an important meeting in the federal capital earlier Wednesday. The Pakistani delegation was led by Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, and included three additional secretaries and a senior joint secretary from the finance ministry.

Secretaries from the Power Division, Petroleum Division, and the chairmen of the FBR and Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan also...