Pakistan, Jan. 24 -- International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva praised the government on Friday for "seriously" embracing reforms under its programme requirements, saying it was already yielding results.

Speaking to Pakistan TV on the sidelines of the 56th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Georgieva said: "Pakistani government has seriously embraced reforms and the fruits of action are already there.

"We are finally seeing the budget discipline bringing resources that can be deployed to improve lives of people."

She said she looked forward to the continued implementation of the programme, describing it as a Pakistani programme.

Georgieva said the IMF had maintained constructive engagem...