Expectedly,Pakistan's drive to secure sustainable economic rehabilitation and consolidation will gain momentum this week.

Pakistan is about to receive its first major infusion of foreign investment. To finalize Saudi Arabia's pledge of $5 billion to Pakistan, a high-powered delegation of Saudi Arabia's cabinet ministers, headed by the Foreign Minister, is reaching Islamabad this evening.
On a parallel track, Finance Minister Mohammad Aurangzeb has reached Washington, D.C., to open crucial negotiations with the IMF to secure an extended fund facility (EFF) . Pakistan is seeking a three-year, US dollar 8 billion program. Informed officials say that Pakistan has already secured reasonable commitments in support of this new request to the IMF from its key board members.