"Deeply saddened to learn the passing away of Arun Jaitley, a senior BJP leader, Member of Parliament and former Finance Minister of India.

The only exception, Afidah - the strategic investment department deputy secretary in the Finance Ministry - said under questioning from deputy public prosecutor Datuk Suhaimi Ibrahim, is the approval of the finance minister.

Asad Umar had played an important role in negotiating the deal while he was the finance minister. Former Finance Minister Asad Umar on April 18 announced to quit his portfolio of finance minister, expressing firm commitment to continue working for materializing the dream of prosperous 'Naya Pakistan' under the leadership of Imran Khan.

He also pleaded the court to declare that Dr Shaikh wasn't authorised to act as the federal finance minister and that he can neither attend the cabinet's meetings nor can he sign any foreign agreement on behalf of Pakistan.

The former finance minister said that the growth was the slowest during PPP's last tenure with Asif Ali Zardari as president.

Bilawal took to Twitter to respond to Umar saying that Imran does not agree with him since he replaced him with a finance minister who previously served on the same portfolio during the PPP tenure.

In his statement, Dar accused Umar of misleading the nation since 2014, adding, "Asad Umar remained the finance minister for eight months and laid distorted facts before the nation".

Former finance minister Ishaq Dar said that Asad Umar's stepping down as the finance minister of the country reflected 'cowardice'.

Earlier, the Finance Minister reviewed the World Bank's Pakistan portfolio in a meeting with the World Bank team led by Hartwig Schafer, Vice President for South Asia.

On the sidelines of the Finance Minister's meetings during the IMF/WB spring meetings in Washington DC, the Finance Minister met the US Treasury.

He was talking to Finance Minister, Asad Umar during a meeting in Washington, said press statement received here Thursday.

Finance Minister Asad Umar on Thursday said Pakistan suffers from lack of reforms and the government is working on structural changes in the economy.

Ladislav Kamenicky will become new finance minister after Easter.It seems that Smer has found a replacement for Peter Kazimir, who will leave the post of finance minister to become the new governor of the National Bank of Slovakia.