IMF team to visit Pakistan in April to discuss bailout package

A mission team from the International Monetary Fund will travel to Pakistan this month to continue talks over a support package, the IMF said on Monday, as the South Asian nation battles to stave off an economic crisis. "At the request of the authorities, an IMF mission will be going to Pakistan before the end of April to continue the discussions," the IMF said in a statement.

Pakistani Finance Minister Asad Umar earlier this month visited Washington for talks with the IMF on a long-delayed bailout programme, which would be Pakistan's 13th such rescue by the IMF since the late 1980s.