According to Mr. Darkhan Nurpeissov, Vice Chairman of the Agency regulating the Regional Financial Center of Almaty (RFCA), Almaty is to be transformed into a global center of Islamic finance by 2015-2020. By 2012-2015 it is planned to put in place inf…
<p>Pakistan will reportedly receive 250 million Euros from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) in the ongoing month of August, which is part of 750 million Euros loan. Similarly, the country will also avail the trade facility of $150 million for import of fertilizer and Petroleum products this month. The Islamic Development Bank had agreed to the loan and the trade facility in a meeting between the President of the Islamic Development Bank, Dr. Ahmed Muhammad Ali, and Pakistan’s Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar in Jeddah last week. Pakistan will also receive $500 million from Asian Development Bank and $500 million from World Bank in the second half (January-June) of the ongoing financial year 2013-14. Moreover, Pakistan is expecting to receive $3.4 billion from IMF during the current financial year. The loans will help building the foreign exchange reserves, which are currently around $10.25 billion.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/business/09-Aug-2013/idb-gives-pakistan-250m-euro" title="http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/business/09-Aug-2013/idb-gives-pakistan-250m-euro">http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/bu…</a></p>
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<p>Pakistan will reportedly receive 250 million Euros from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) in the ongoing month of August, which is part of 750 million Euros loan. Similarly, the country will also avail the trade facility of $150 million for import of fertilizer and Petroleum products this month. The Islamic Development Bank had agreed to the loan and the trade facility in a meeting between the President of the Islamic Development Bank, Dr. Ahmed Muhammad Ali, and Pakistan’s Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar in Jeddah last week. Pakistan will also receive $500 million from Asian Development Bank and $500 million from World Bank in the second half (January-June) of the ongoing financial year 2013-14. Moreover, Pakistan is expecting to receive $3.4 billion from IMF during the current financial year. The loans will help building the foreign exchange reserves, which are currently around $10.25 billion.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/business/09-Aug-2013/idb-gives-pakistan-250m-euro" title="http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/business/09-Aug-2013/idb-gives-pakistan-250m-euro">http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/bu…</a></p>
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