Pakistan has decided to return the $3.5 billion debt of the United Arab Emirates this month, a senior cabinet minister said in a background briefing on Friday, ending speculations about the fate of the debt that Abu Dhabi had started rolling over only for a month.

The political leadership has decided to pay back the entire UAE debt, said one of the senior cabinet ministers while briefing the anchorpersons in his office.

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