Resident Representative Office
in Pakistan


Henri Lorie, Senior Resident Representative
Islamabad, Pakistan
Telephone: 92 51 922 27 26
Fax: 92 51 922 27 17

Welcome to the website of the IMF Resident Representative Office in Pakistan. This web page provides information on the activities of the Office, relations between Pakistan and the IMF, and views of the IMF staff. Additional information can be found on the main country page Pakistan and the IMF, including official IMF reports and Executive Board documents that deal with Pakistan.


Press Release: Statement by IMF Staff Mission at the Conclusion of the Annual Article IV Consultation with Pakistan
September 5, 2006

A Growth Promoting Fiscal Policy For Pakistan
Remarks by Henri Lorie, Senior Resident Representative of the IMF in Pakistan at the Pre-Budget Seminar of The Nation newspaper
May 16, 2006, Lahore

Press Statement:   IMF's Middle East and Central Asia Department Sees Regional Economic Outlook as Favorable in the Short Term, October 3, 2005
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Press Statement:  IMF Staff Mission Concludes Discussions for the Annual Article IV Consultation, August 26, 2005

Press Statement:  IMF Mission Concludes Discussions for the Annual Article IV Consultation and the Ninth and Final Review of Pakistan's PRGF, September 8, 2004

Remarks by Henri Lorie (PDF file 116 kb), IMF Senior Resident Representative, on "Globalization and Pakistan" at the Strengthening Participatory Organization Conference on Understanding Pakistan

Press Statement: IMF Mission Concludes Discussions for the Eighth Review of Pakistan's PRGF, April 20, 2004

Press Statement: IMF Staff Team Completes Interim Policy Discussions, December 17, 2003

Pakistan and the IMF: A Relation of Trust, an article by Henri Ghesquiere, published in the Business Recorder, September 23, 2003.

Press Statement of the IMF Resident Representative, September 10, 2003

How does the IMF support the Government of Pakistan in combating corruption and thereby help the businessman? Statement by Henri Ghesquiere, Senior IMF Resident Representative, at the Conference on "Combating corruption in the Public and Private Sectors," August 20, 2003

Pakistan Development Forum, Islamabad -- Statement by the IMF Staff Representative, May 12-14, 2003

Press Statement of the IMF Resident Representative, March 19, 2003

Comments by Henri Ghesquiere (PDF file 61 kb), IMF Senior Resident Representative, On "The Role of Money in Removing World-Wide Growth Barriers" Paper, delivered by Professor Dr. Herbert Schui, At the 18th Annual General Meeting of the Pakistan Society of Development Economists, Islamabad, January 14, 2003


Latest IMF material on Pakistan:

April 24, 2008 -- Transcript of a Press Briefing by Masood Ahmed, Director, External Relations Department, IMF
April 15, 2008 -- Pakistan: Report on Observance of Standards and Codes - Fiscal Transparency Module - An Update
Series: Country Report No. 08/129
April 12, 2008 -- IMFC Statement by Honourable Mohammed Laksaci, Governor, Banque d'Algérie
On behalf of: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Algeria, Islamic Republic of Iran, Morocco, Pakistan, Tunisia. PDF File Size: 169Kb
February 20, 2008 -- Transcript of a Press Conference Call by Mohamad Elhage, Chief of the International Monetary Fund's Mission to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, on the IMF's Article IV Consultation Report
January 17, 2008 -- Pakistan: 2007 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Pakistan
Series: Country Report No. 08/21