On eve of IMF talks, Pakistan's finance minister says balance of payments crisis over

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's finance minister said on Tuesday his country's balance of payments crisis was over, a day before a team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is due to arrive to discuss a potential aid package.

Asad Umar said a combined $6 billion of Saudi money and promised funds from China would cover a projected $12 billion shortfall in foreign currency to service Pakistan's debt.

"So, Pakistan's immediate balance of payment crises is over. That I can tell you categorically that now we don't have anymore a balance of payment crises," he told a news briefing, without mentioning the IMF.

 

(Writing by Kay Johnson; editing by John Stonestreet)