Finance Minister Meets Shohei Hara, Senior Vice President JICA, on Development Cooperation
Washington, D.C. - April 17, 2026(Kamran Raja):Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb, held a productive meeting with Mr. Shohei Hara, Senior Vice President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), on the sidelines of the World Bank–IMF Spring Meetings in Washington, D.C.The Finance Minister welcomed JICA’s resumption of its lending portfolio with Pakistan after a prolonged pause and appreciated the identification of a water supply scheme in Faisalabad, Punjab, as the first project under the resumed Yen loan portfolio. He noted that the grants programme is progressing well, with previously long-standing bottlenecks having been largely resolved in coordination with the Pakistani side.The Finance Minister expressed concern that Pakistan’s ne...









