Islamabad, June 16: Pakistan Finance Minis­ter Ishaq Dar continued with his "contradictory" approach with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), alleging that geopolitics was behind a stalled loan programme

Testifying before the Senate's standing committee on finance, he once again stressed that the country would meet its obligations with or without the Fund's bailout package, Dawn news reported.

He said no reason had been given by the IMF for the "unnecessary delay" behind the ninth review, which has been pending since November 2022.

"IMF or no IMF, Pakistan will not default," he added.