Pakistan IMF Review: Pakistan has developed a comprehensive 15-point action plan ahead of the upcoming International Monetary Fund (IMF) review, scheduled for February 19, 2026. The plan aims to address corruption vulnerabilities and improve governance as identified in the Governance and Diagnostic Assessment Report (GCD).
Key initiatives include identifying the top 10 high-risk federal agencies with corruption vulnerabilities and macro-critical exposures. The government plans to reduce the backlog of economic disputes by developing and publishing a methodology to assess the performance of courts and judges in the first year, followed by issuing a performance report on administrative tribunals and special courts in the second year.
A detailed 240-page document outlines the government’s strategy to combat corruption and strengthen institutions. It includes a comprehensive performance assessment framework for evaluating court and judicial governance, incorporating analytic and predictive capacities to implement active case management.
A Legislative Review of the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Authority 2010 will be conducted to remove ambiguities. The AML/CFT Authority will establish a Joint Working Group to review the Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA), 2010, focusing on definitional clarity and investigative powers. Amendments are expected to be placed before parliament by June 2027.
The National Anti-Corruption Task Force will finalize a centralized Corruption Risk Assessment Framework, identifying the top 10 high-risk agencies and developing a risk reduction action plan with clear KPIs. The Financial Monitoring Unit will issue corruption-specific reporting guidelines, and the Pakistan Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority will be brought under the reporting framework.
Published in SouthAsianDesk, February 19th, 2026
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