Deal with IMF signed despite tough conditions Top Story May 6, 2021 ISLAMABAD: Federal Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin said on Wednesday Pakistan would ask the IMF to be soft on envisaged targets without hiking power tariff and slapping additional taxes. He said that Pakistan would not exit from the IMF Programme but would make an effort to convince the Fund on adopting a lenient view. The IMF and World Bank had so far been sympathetic, he said. “We will achieve the targets envisaged under the IMF Programme with our own devised strategy as instead of doing away with exemptions, we will broaden our tax base by bringing new taxpayers into the system,” he said.