Yesterday's eurogroup meeting in Brussels had been scheduled to sign off on the latest disbursement under the third Greek programme.

Including the latest disbursement, Pakistan has drawn about $7.27 billion.

To secure the latest disbursement, Greece's parliament had to approve deeply unpopular austerity measures to put the nation in better position to carry its debts.

With the latest disbursement, Ireland will have received about $10.19 billion from the IMF under the joint loan programme with the EU.