The Federal Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs Asad Umar chaired a meeting to review the working of the Economic Affairs Division today.

The Minister was given a detailed briefing on various aspects of economic cooperation with various bilateral and multilateral development partners. The briefing included the financial progress of different foreign funded projects as well as certain aspects of potential projects to be included in the pipeline in future.

 The Minister was also briefed on the debt management function of EAD. The Minister on the occasion stated that the assessment of the requirement of foreign assistance was an important function and EAD should regularly update its assessment of various sectors in order to utilize the valuable resources in the most productive manner possible.

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