IMF says its mission will visit Pakistan this month to discuss stalled funding programme

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - An International Monetary Fund mission will visit Pakistan later this month to discuss the stalled ninth review of the country's current funding programme, the lender's resident representative said on Thursday.

"At the request of the authorities, an in-person Fund mission is scheduled to visit Islamabad January 31st - February 9th to continue the discussions under the ninth EFF review," Esther Ruiz Perez said in a message to Reuters.

(Reporting by Gibran Peshimam; Editing by Hugh Lawson)