Sri Lanka seeks up to $4 bn ahead of IMF talks; Pak to name finance chief

The island nation is looking at making a "decent case" before the International Monetary Fund to help preserve the economy, Finance Minister Sabry said

Sri Lanka needs between $3 billion to $4 billion this year to pull itself out of an unprecedented economic crisis, Finance Minister Ali Sabry said as Pakistan’s new government was said to have selected Miftah Ismail as the new finance chief ahead of crucial talks with the International Monetary Fund.
 

The island nation is looking at making a “decent case” before the International Monetary Fund to help preserve the economy, Sabry said in an interview to Bloomberg Television. He said talks were scheduled to begin in Washington on April 18 and he expected emergency relief funds a week later, if