Islamabad, January 11, 2018 (PPI-OT):World Bank Country Director, Patchamouthou Illangovan here Thursday met Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance, Miftah Ismail and discussed with him ongoing and future World Bank funded projects and programmes. Mr. Illangovan apprised the Adviser about the forthcoming visit of Annette Dixon, World Bank Vice President to Pakistan to discuss the current state of economy and other related matters. He also informed him about the visit to Pakistan by Snezana (Nena) Stoiljkovic IFC Vice President for Asia.
He shared with the Adviser programme by the World Bank for undertaking over a billion USD worth of new projects/development programmes in the near future. The Adviser welcomed the planned visit of Annette Dixon saying he looked forward to meeting her for a meaningful discourse on Pak-World Bank economic cooperation. He said the visit would help enhance the current level of bilateral cooperation.
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