Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb highlighted Pakistan’s improved macroeconomic outlook as he concluded the fourth day of his visit to Washington for the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank with a series of meetings with key financial institutions, rating agencies, and global corporations.

Aurangzeb was in the US capital to attend the 2025 Spring Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank Group, which brought together finance ministers and central bank governors from 191 countries to address global challenges such as sovereign debt, climate finance and reforming the international financial system.

In a series of corporate engagements, the finance minister met Visa’s regional Vice President Andrew Torre and expressed his appreciation for the company’s contribution towards the digitalisation of the country’s economy.

He noted that Visa’s decision to triple the size of its offices in the country and its collaboration with 1-Link and PayPak would significantly contribute to promoting financial inclusion, e-commerce, transaction security, payment gateways, and facilitate remittances. He assured Torre of the governments full support in addressing any operational matters in Pakistan.

The finance minister also held a meeting the vice president of Phillip Morris International,........

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