Pakistan President Alvi advices finance minister to take parliament into confidence before passing ordinance to raise taxes required for IMF bailout

Islamabad: Pakistan President Arif Alvi on Tuesday asked finance minister Ishaq Dar to take the parliament into confidence before passing an ordinance to raise taxes to the tune of Rs 170 billion, further complicating the cash-strapped country's desperate attempts to secure the



much-needed IMF bailout package.

Pakistan held intensive talks with an International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation here for ten days that ended on February 9.

A deal, however, could not be reached.