{"id":7600,"date":"2026-02-26T17:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T12:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=7600"},"modified":"2026-02-26T17:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T12:53:08","slug":"imf-urges-pakistan-to-secure-2-billion-uae-deposit-rollover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2026\/02\/26\/imf-urges-pakistan-to-secure-2-billion-uae-deposit-rollover","title":{"rendered":"IMF urges Pakistan to secure $2 billion UAE deposit rollover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"210\" data-end=\"455\"><strong data-start=\"210\" data-end=\"236\">Islamabad :<\/strong> During ongoing economic review discussions, the <strong data-start=\"285\" data-end=\"322\">International Monetary Fund (IMF)<\/strong> has urged <strong data-start=\"333\" data-end=\"345\">Pakistan<\/strong> to ensure a <strong data-start=\"358\" data-end=\"430\">rollover of a $2 billion deposit from the United Arab Emirates (UAE)<\/strong> for at least one year.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"457\" data-end=\"780\">According to sources, the IMF mission expressed concern over the status of the UAE deposit and sought clarification on whether the extension would be finalized. In response, officials from the <strong data-start=\"650\" data-end=\"682\">State Bank of Pakistan (SBP)<\/strong> assured the visiting team that substantial progress had been made toward securing the rollover.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"782\" data-end=\"1149\">Sources within the <strong data-start=\"801\" data-end=\"824\">Ministry of Finance<\/strong> indicated that a meeting between the IMF delegation and the <strong data-start=\"885\" data-end=\"903\">UAE ambassador<\/strong> is expected as part of efforts to advance the process. Central bank representatives briefed the IMF team that the agreed <strong data-start=\"1025\" data-end=\"1052\">external financing plan<\/strong> remains on track and that discussions regarding a temporary rollover arrangement have resumed.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1151\" data-end=\"1520\">In addition to the UAE deposit, Pakistani authorities held detailed discussions with the IMF on <strong data-start=\"1247\" data-end=\"1347\">foreign exchange reserves, monetary policy, the exchange rate, counter-terror financing measures<\/strong>, and other critical economic matters. Technical-level meetings also focused on <strong data-start=\"1427\" data-end=\"1450\">banking regulations<\/strong> and steps taken to enhance the <strong data-start=\"1482\" data-end=\"1517\">anti-money laundering framework<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1522\" data-end=\"1768\">Sources noted that the <strong data-start=\"1545\" data-end=\"1583\">SBP governor and senior management<\/strong> provided briefings to the IMF delegation during initial sessions. The IMF team is scheduled to continue discussions with central bank officials in <strong data-start=\"1731\" data-end=\"1742\">Karachi<\/strong> over the next two days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad : During ongoing economic review discussions, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged Pakistan to ensure a rollover of a $2 billion deposit from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for at least one year. According to sources, the IMF mission expressed concern over the status of the UAE deposit and sought clarification on whether &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":7601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[160,2294],"class_list":["post-7600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-headline","tag-youdigital"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7600","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\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7600"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7602,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7600\/revisions\/7602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}