Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan visited China from November 2 to 5 and talked to President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang for China's help to tide over the serious economic crisis faced by cash-strapped Pakistan

Pakistan's Finance Minister Asad Umar says $12 billion is required immediately, a large chunk of which is expected to be drawn from the IMF.

Imran Khan's visit comes in the wake of his past criticism of the $50 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor projects.

The IMF expressed its opposition to any move that compromises the independence of central banks anywhere in the world.