Pakistan PM to meet President Trump today

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is all set to visit the White House on Monday for his first face-to-face talks with President Donald Trump.
Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa will also be part of PM Khan’s delegation during his meeting with Trump at the White House, military spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor confirmed. 
Bajwa will also visit the Pentagon and interact with Acting Secretary Defense Mr. Richard Spencer, US Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff General Joseph Dunford and Chief of Staff of the US Army General Mark A Milley, Ghafoor tweeted.
Khan embarked on his maiden trip to the US on Sunday in a bit to mend bilateral ties.
Last year, the US had cut security aid to Pakistan accusing the country of “lies and deceit” while Khan called the US assistance “minuscule” in comparison to the cost borne by Pakistan in fighting the US-led war on terror.
During his official three-day visit, the Pakistani premier held separate talks with IMF acting chief David Lipton and World Bank President David Malpass.
According to the PM’s office, Khan thanked the IMF Board of Directors for approving the recent Extended Fund Facility (EFF) for Pakistan during his meeting with Lipton at the Embassy of Pakistan in Washington on Sunday.
“Prime Minister pointed out that reforms implemented under the IMF program will be instrumental in stabilizing the economy and reviving growth,” the official statement read. Khan “expressed his government’s commitment to take all necessary measures needed to resolve the macroeconomic and structural challenges for sustainable and long-term growth.”
Earlier this month, Pakistan signed a $6 billion loan program from IMF which has come with stringent economic reform conditions.
In a meeting with President of the World Bank, Khan appreciated the tremendous support extended by the Bank in different sectors of Pakistan’s economy over the years.
“While highlighting government’s reform priorities including improving the ease-of-doing-business, the Prime Minister expressed satisfaction with assistance and stewardship being provided by the World Bank,” a statement by the PM Office read.
Khan expressed hope that the Bank would roll forward the pipeline projects and assured the Bank’s President of his government’s support in this regard.
The premier’s visit comes at a time when talks between the US and Afghan Taliban are believed to have entered a final phase where Islamabad played its role in arranging Washington’s direct peace dialogue with Taliban.
Khan also addressed Pakistani Americans at Capital One Arena in Washington on Sunday where he spoke about domestic politics and economic challenges confronting the country.