ISLAMABAD: Finance Ministry’s spokesperson has expressed disappointment over the assertions made by people – with ulterior motives – who have been twisting the facts regarding the award of “Best Finance Minister of the Year for 2016” to Finance Minister Ishaq Dar by Emerging Markets publication, said a press release.
The spokesman clarified that Finance ministers of other countries have also been receiving the said award in the past many years. He made it clear that Emerging Markets is a financial trade newsletter that gives awards every year to Finance ministers and governors of central banks.
An email dated October 4 received from the publication had also clearly stated that ‘It is with great pleasure that we write to inform you that Emerging Markets – the newspaper of the IMF/World Bank Annual Meeting – has named you Finance Minister of the Year for South Asia’.
The award was officially received by the Pakistani Ambassador to USA Jalil Jilani in the official function held in Washington on October 8.
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