Govt partially meets 19 IMF actions

According to The Express Tribune, the government completed only four of the 19 actions due by end-June under an IMF-linked governance plan that the lender had flagged as a priority. Proceedings of the Economic Governance Systems Committee, one of three ministerial panels overseeing the action plan, show those four were fully met between January and June 2026. Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal, who chairs the committee, held its fourth meeting this week and asked officials to speed up work on the remaining points.

Government officials said 12 of the 19 actions were only partly implemented and three others were delayed. One partial item is a revised Public Procurement Rules 2025 that would remove preferred status for state-owned enterprises when awarding public contracts, and the draft is now awaiting cabinet approval after review by the Cabinet Committee on Legislative Cases. The finance ministry has also yet to publish the six-monthly progress reports the plan calls for, although its spokesperson said the programme was on track.

Three actions were delayed outright, including new PPRA rules that cannot be finalised until the CCLC approves them and now carry a December deadline. A chief technology officer hiring in the Auditor General's office has been pushed to mid-next year following objections from the Establishment Division. Separately, the government has set an end-August deadline for a machine-readable regulatory database, with standards finalised and active laws uploaded.