Pakistan gets IMF relief, tightens security
September 2, 2010
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund will give Pakistan $450 million in emergency flood aid, providing some relief for a government overwhelmed by the disaster and facing renewed militant violence. Flood victims left without receiving aid for three days reach for food handouts donated by a group calling themselves Muslim brothers in Pakistan’s Muzaffargarh district of Punjab province September 2, 2010. (REUTERS/Damir Sagolj) IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said in Washington on Thursday that the funds would be dispersed in “coming weeks”. Strauss-Kahn said discussions with a delegation led by Pakistan’s Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez…
