SBP Receives $1.16 Billion From IMF.

ISLAMABAD -- The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has received $1.16 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

'SBP has received proceeds of USD 1.16 billion (equivalent of SDR 894 million) after the IMF Executive Board completed the combined seventh and Eight reviews under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) for Pakistan,' said SBP on twitter.

This will help improve SBP's foreign exchange reserves and will also facilitate realization of other planned inflows from multilateral and bilateral sources, it added.

The IMF on Monday last completed the combined seventh and eighth reviews under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) for Pakistan...