Pak receives last tranche of Saudi Arabia's $3bn aid package.

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has received the last tranche of $1 billion from Saudi Arabia on Friday. The inflow marks back-to-back receipt of $1 billion deposits in SBP foreign currency reserves for the second successive day, under the friendly countries' economic assistance package. On Thursday, UAE deposited $1 billion under the recently announced $3 billion cash programme for Pakistan. "SBP has also received the third tranche of USD one billion from SaudiArabia," the central bank said on Friday. Earlier, the...

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