ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar has said that incumbent Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) government remains fully committed to improving governance through bringing in more transparency and integrity in its operations and fight against corruption.
While signing the Letter of Intent (LoI) of the government of Pakistan to join the Open Government Partnership (OGP) here on Saturday, Ishaq Dar said that the commitment of incumbent government is demonstrated by the fact that, in addition to the government’s initiation of process to join OGP, the government has already signed the OECD Multilateral Convention on anti-tax evasion in September, 2016.
He said that OGP, consisting of 70 participating countries, is a multilateral forum where governments deliberate and work together to promote transparency, fight corruption and strengthen governance through new technologies.
The Finance Minister said that he has accepted the invitations of United Kingdom and French governments to attend the 4th biennial OGP Global Summit at Paris from December 06 to 08, 2016. The Letter of Intent has been sent to OGP Secretariat expressing the intention of the government of Pakistan to join OGP and commitment to respect the open government principles articulated in the Open Government Declaration of the OGP.
