{"id":24226,"date":"2026-08-26T04:18:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T04:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=24226"},"modified":"2026-08-26T04:18:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T04:18:45","slug":"pakistan-seeks-10-billion-currency-swap-facility-from-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/08\/26\/pakistan-seeks-10-billion-currency-swap-facility-from-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan seeks $10 billion currency swap facility from U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Pakistan\u2019s Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb says Islamabad has requested a $10 billion currency swap facility from the United States to ease pressure on the foreign-exchange market and strengthen investor confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aurangzeb said talks with Washington are progressing constructively and that Pakistan expects to receive a response within the coming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said Pakistan aims to reduce recurring balance-of-payments problems by increasing exports and diversifying its sources of financing, while creating conditions for a return to international financial markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister emphasized that the requested facility is not intended as a conventional loan, but rather as a mechanism to support financial stability and strengthen confidence among international investors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Pakistan\u2019s Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb says Islamabad has requested a $10 billion currency swap facility from the United States to ease pressure on the foreign-exchange market and strengthen investor confidence. Aurangzeb said talks with Washington are progressing constructively and that Pakistan expects to receive a response within the coming months. He said Pakistan aims [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24226"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24226"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24228,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24226\/revisions\/24228"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}