Pakistan sought $10 billion financial aid from America as the ‘price’ of mediation in the Iran war

Pakistan came to Asar to stop the ongoing conflict between America and Iran. Now Islamabad wants the ‘price’ of that mediation. According to Reuters sources, Shahbaz has already asked America for financial assistance of 10 billion dollars. According to them, with this help, the economy going to the bottom can be managed to some extent. Pakistan is desperate to strengthen its foreign exchange reserves.

It is known that Pakistan has proposed to launch a bilateral ‘currency exchange rate stabilization assistance system’ worth 10 billion US dollars between the two governments at the request of US Finance Secretary Scott Besant. The term of which will be maximum five years.

Pakistan’s debt to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has increased. Situations like ‘Mortgage’ due to debt. According to the data, there is a huge gap between Pakistan’s income and expenditure. In the fiscal year 2026, the income of the government of Pakistan is only 58 billion dollars. Of this, 30 billion dollars have gone to meet the debt alone. Meanwhile, the data says that the total cost of Pakistan at the moment is 138 billion dollars. Of this only government debt has to pay 92 billion dollars. Shahbaz Sharif’s government is desperate to reduce this huge financial burden.

At the request of US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant, Pakistan has proposed a bilateral “Exchange Rate Stabilization Assistance Facility” worth US$10 billion between the two governments.

It is good to say that the Iran war started after the joint attack of America and Israel in February 2026. Pakistan came forward to play the role of mediator to stop this conflict. Finally, on April 8, 2026, America and Israel reached a temporary ceasefire for two weeks. But in the end, peace did not prevail. At this moment the war has started again. In the meantime, Pakistan is at the court of the US asking for the ‘price’ of being a mediator. Now let’s see what America finally says in response to this proposal.