India-pakistan Tensions: 'imf Board Should Look Deep Within Themselves,' Says Vikram Misri Ahead Of Critical May 9 Meet

Ahead of nan captious International Monetary Fund (IMF) gathering successful Washington, India hinted that it could impulse nan world financial assemblage to workout be aware connected its bailout package to nan cash-strapped Pakistan.

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said astatine a MEA briefing yesterday that India's executive head astatine IMF will put guardant New Delhi's position during nan gathering of nan world assemblage connected Friday. He further said that nan IMF committee should look "deep within" and see facts earlier bailing retired nan country.

"The decisions of nan Board are a different matter, you know, nan process done which they are made. But I deliberation nan lawsuit pinch respect to Pakistan should beryllium self-evident to those group who generously unfastened their pouch to bail retired this country," Misri said.

He further questioned really galore of nan 24 bailout packages that Pakistan has received from nan IMF person reached a successful conclusion. The IMF has provided bailout packages to Paksitan to thief it debar bankruptcy. 

 “…I deliberation you would besides person an thought of really galore of those programmes person reached successful conclusions. Probably, not many. So, I deliberation this is simply a determination that (IMF) Board members person to return by looking heavy wrong themselves and looking astatine nan facts,” Misri commented. 

IMF gathering connected Pakistan today

Parameswaran Iyer, Executive Director astatine nan World Bank and impermanent nominee head for India connected nan IMF Board, will be nan important Board gathering connected May 9. Iyer was appointed aft nan early termination of Krishnamurthy V Subramanian arsenic nan Executive Director astatine nan IMF, six months earlier nan extremity of his three-year term.

The committee gathering will see Pakistan's economical capacity nether an IMF-supported programme and determine connected nan support of indebtedness disbursements, programme extensions aliases argumentation adjustments. 

India's financial onslaught against Pakistan

The overseas secretary's remarks travel rising tensions betwixt India and Pakistan aft New Delhi's subject strikes connected violent targets successful Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir connected Wednesday.

The Narendra Modi-led Government of India is urging multi-lateral financial agencies, including nan IMF and nan World Bank, to person a relook astatine nan backing and loans fixed to Pakistan. New Delhi is besides urging nan Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to spot Islamabad backmost connected nan grey list. 

India has amped up its onslaught against Pakistan connected aggregate fronts aft nan dastardly panic onslaught successful Pahalgam claimed 26 lives connected April 22. 

Published on: May 9, 2025 8:42 AM IST