{"id":419361,"date":"2026-04-04T03:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T03:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/419361\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T03:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T03:33:10","slug":"pakistan-to-repay-usd-2-billion-loan-to-uae-on-its-demand-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/419361\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan to repay USD 2 billion loan to UAE on its demand: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Pakistan has decided to repay a loan of USD 2 billion to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on its demand, a media report said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The UAE had provided the fund to support the balance of payment, and it was being rolled out until recently.<br \/>The UAE recently asked for the immediate return of the funds in the wake of the recent situation in the Middle East following the <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/us-israel-war-on-iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">US-Israel war on Iran<\/a>, sources said.<\/p>\n<p>Citing sources, Geo News reported that the amount was kept with the <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/state-bank-of-pakistan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">State Bank of Pakistan<\/a> (SBP) as a safe deposit.<\/p>\n<p><b>Also read: <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/international\/world-news\/pakistan-gas-shortage-attacks-on-qatars-lng-facility-exposes-paks-energy-vulnerability-israel-iran-war-middle-east-conflict-ras-laffan-oil-price-karachi\/articleshow\/129715856.cms?from=mdr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Missiles flying to Qatar expose Pakistan\u2019s energy vulnerability<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ET logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1756640479_840_118783427.cms.png\" width=\"90%\"\/>Live Events<br \/>Pakistan will return USD 2 billion to Abu Dhabi by the end of this month, it added.<br \/>The insiders said Pakistan has been paying around 6 per cent interest on the amount. In the past, the UAE used to roll over the deposit on a yearly basis. However, in December 2025, the amount was extended first for one month and then for two months until April 17.For the current fiscal year, Pakistan needed a rollover of approximately USD 12 billion in external deposits, including USD 5 billion from Saudi Arabia, USD 4 billion from China and USD 3 billion placed by the UAE.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan has more than USD 21 billion in reserves and will pay back to the UAE, but it may need external financing in the coming months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Islamabad: Pakistan has decided to repay a loan of USD 2 billion to the United Arab Emirates (UAE)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419362,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[79,179,18,19,17,169300,75002,187990,187989,187988,124682,187991,187987,172144],"class_list":{"0":"post-419361","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-middle-east-conflict","14":"tag-pakistan-loan","15":"tag-pakistan-loan-repayment","16":"tag-pakistan-reserves","17":"tag-pakistan-uae-loan","18":"tag-state-bank-of-pakistan","19":"tag-uae-financial-support","20":"tag-uae-loan","21":"tag-us-israel-war-on-iran"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116344337604956062","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}