Pakistan on Wednesday received USD 1 billion from the UAE to boost its reserves, a day after Saudi Arabia transferred USD 2 billion to the country's central bank in the wake of a deal with the International Monetary Fund. Finance Minister Ishaq Dar announced the transfer of funds by the Gulf nation on the eve of the board meeting of the IMF to approve a USD 3 billion Stand-by Agreement. "We received confirmation some time ago that our brother country, our friend, the UAE has deposited USD 1 bn to the State Bank's account. The Federal Reserves Bank has confirmed that this amount has been credited to the (SBP's) account, he said in a video message shown live on television. Dar said the funds received from Saudi Arabia and the UAE this week had collectively "increased the country's reserves by USD 3 bn in two days" which would reflect in the weekly update of foreign exchange reserves due to be issued on July 14. He thanked the UAE leadership on behalf of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif,
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