Pakistani Finance Minister Ishaq Dar addresses a press conference

Raja Imran Bahadar

Pakistani Finance Minister Ishaq Dar addresses a press conference as he unveils the annual Economic Survey a day ahead of the fiscal year budget. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's government is set to present the annual budget on Friday, at a time when the South Asian country faces its worst economic crisis with months of delay in securing funding from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Pakistan's Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal has said that Pakistan has approved an estimated 3.5% GDP growth target for its 2023-24 financial year budget.