{"id":3437,"date":"2025-06-19T06:33:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T01:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=3437"},"modified":"2025-06-19T14:35:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T09:35:21","slug":"pakistan-secures-1bn-financing-deal-with-backing-from-adb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2025\/06\/19\/pakistan-secures-1bn-financing-deal-with-backing-from-adb","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan Secures $1bn Financing Deal with Backing from ADB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"220\" data-end=\"459\"><strong>ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Finance has finalized a $1 billion syndicated term finance facility, partially guaranteed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) under the Improved Resource Mobilization &amp; Utilisation Reform Program.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"461\" data-end=\"613\">This landmark agreement is aimed at supporting Pakistan\u2019s long-term fiscal resilience and facilitating the country\u2019s return to global financial markets.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"615\" data-end=\"653\">Global Islamic Banks Lead the Deal<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"655\" data-end=\"828\">Dubai Islamic Bank led the transaction as the Sole Islamic Global Coordinator, while Standard Chartered Bank served as the Mandated Lead Arranger and Bookrunner.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"830\" data-end=\"1076\">Other key financial institutions involved in the arrangement include Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB), which acted as Mandated Lead Arranger, along with Sharjah Islamic Bank, Ajman Bank, and Habib Bank Limited (HBL) as Arrangers.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1078\" data-end=\"1247\">The deal highlights increasing confidence in Pakistan\u2019s economic reform path, especially from banks in the Middle East, reflecting strong regional investor interest.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1249\" data-end=\"1289\">Boost to Pakistan\u2019s Fiscal Stability<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1291\" data-end=\"1469\">The ADB-backed program is structured to assist Pakistan in enhancing resource mobilization, strengthening public financial management, and building fiscal resilience.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1471\" data-end=\"1640\">This facility is considered a strategic milestone in Pakistan\u2019s efforts to improve credit standing and access diversified sources of financing in the global marketplace.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1642\" data-end=\"1781\">The Ministry of Finance emphasized that such international backing supports ongoing reforms and promotes long-term macroeconomic stability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Finance has finalized a $1 billion syndicated term finance facility, partially guaranteed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) under the Improved Resource Mobilization &amp; Utilisation Reform Program. This landmark agreement is aimed at supporting Pakistan\u2019s long-term fiscal resilience and facilitating the country\u2019s return to global financial markets. Global Islamic Banks Lead &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[1702,1701,1703],"class_list":["post-3437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tie-business","tag-adbsupport","tag-financedeal","tag-fiscalresilience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3437"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3440,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3437\/revisions\/3440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}