Islamabad: Federal Minister for Revenue and Finance Miftah Ismail said on Monday that the stalled International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Extended Fund Facility (EFF) would be revived within a day or two. “I am very hopeful that the IMF program will be revived,” the finance minister told journalists. The uncertainty over the revival of the fund’s program has depreciated the rupee against the dollar.

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