Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have sent Pakistan a total of $3bn in financial support this week, as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a standby agreement for a bailout of another $3bn.
Saudi Arabia had pledged $2bn in funds to Islamabad back in April but had held off delivering the money until after it was clear an IMF bailout was coming. On Tuesday, it delivered the funds to Pakistan's central bank.
Then, on Wednesday, the UAE provided another billion dollars to the South Asian country, boosting its foreign reserves which had been left with just barely enough to cover a month's worth of imports.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif tweeted his deep gratitude to the leadership and brotherly people of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the funds.
On Wednesday, the IMF also announced the finalisation of its bailout package for Pakistan, which will immediately disburse about $1.2bn and then stagger the rest of the disbursements over a nine-month period.