IslamabadPakistan’s finance secretary says the IMF wants 174 amendments.

The amendments span taxation, energy, privatisation and sovereign wealth fund law.

The fourth review of the $7 billion programme also tests 15 structural benchmarks, fiscal consolidation and provincial finances.

Imdadullah Bosal told a National Assembly finance committee that Parliament keeps the prerogative to decide.

Power distribution company privatisation and the sugar policy, which one province questions, are also on the review agenda.

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quantifies IMF reform burden: 174 legislative amendments spanning taxation, energy, privatisation, sovereign wealth funds

Sources: News18