PM Shehbaz to address investors at PSX in Karachi on Thursday

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will speak to market participants at the PSX in Karachi on Thursday, Mettis Global reported. Officials and people close to Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb say he and State Bank of Pakistan Governor Jameel Ahmad are likely to attend as well.

Aurangzeb, who is returning from a trip abroad, has lined up meetings in Karachi with business leaders. He will brief them on his recent visit and his talks with the IMF, and he is also due to meet the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Separately, the prime minister will join the New Nazimabad inauguration by video link, according to businessman Arif Habib. The IMF mission is in Pakistan through Oct 8 for talks on the fourth review, which are progressing smoothly, and Pakistan expects a staff-level agreement in October, though the timing depends on how the review unfolds.