Pakistan will not seek new IMF programme -finmin official

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KARACHI, Sept 18 | Sun Sep 18, 2011 8:23am EDT

KARACHI, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Pakistan will not seek a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme, nor will it ask for an extension of the current one due to end on Sept. 30, because it has no balance of payments crisis and has enough foreign exchange reserves, a finance ministry official told Reuters on Sunday.

Pakistan is due to meet with IMF officials during the World Bank and IMF annual meeting in Washington from Sept. 23-25. (Reporting by Sahar Ahmed; Editing by Daniel Magnowski)

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