Pakistan secured approximately twenty-seven billion dollars in foreign funding last fiscal year. Saudi Arabia and China provided significant rollover support for existing loans. Fresh borrowing accounted for sixteen billion dollars of the total inflows.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif embrace each other on the day they sign a defence agreement, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, September 17, 2025 ...

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (left) with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman after they signed a historic defense cooperation agreement at Riyadh on ...

Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, announced that a two-week ceasefire had been agreed between the US and Iran in the early hours of April 8. Delegates from both sides are expected to attend further talks in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on ...

Economy, security, and regional alliances are at play in Islamabad’s great balancing act.