{"id":2611,"date":"2025-06-10T13:18:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T08:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=2611"},"modified":"2025-06-10T12:57:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T07:57:59","slug":"pakistans-debt-rises-to-rs76-trillion-amid-slower-growth-pace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2025\/06\/10\/pakistans-debt-rises-to-rs76-trillion-amid-slower-growth-pace","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan\u2019s Debt Rises to Rs76 Trillion Amid Slower Growth Pace"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan\u2019s total debt stock reached Rs76.01 trillion by the end of March 2025, reflecting a moderate increase as the country pursued fiscal consolidation and improved debt management.<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to the Pakistan Economic Survey 2024-25, public debt grew by 6.7% during the first nine months of<\/p>\n

FY25 \u2014 slower than the 7.4% rise in the same period last year, primarily due to a higher primary surplus.<\/p>\n

Domestic debt accounted for Rs51.52 trillion of the total, while external debt stood at Rs24.49 trillion.<\/p>\n

Interest Payments Dominate Expenditures<\/h3>\n

The government spent Rs6.44 trillion in interest payments during July-March FY25, representing 66% of the full-year allocation of Rs9.78 trillion.<\/p>\n

Of this, Rs5.78 trillion was paid on domestic debt \u2014 66% of the Rs8.74 trillion earmarked \u2014 while Rs656 billion was paid on external debt, equivalent to 63% of the Rs1.04 trillion allocation.<\/p>\n

This efficient execution of interest payments highlights improved cash flow planning and fiscal discipline.<\/p>\n

The report attributes this performance to ongoing efforts to shift debt toward longer-term instruments, easing short-term repayment pressures.<\/p>\n

Strategic Management of External Debt<\/h3>\n

Pakistan\u2019s external public debt, recorded at $87.4 billion by end-March 2025, increased by $883 million in 9MFY25 \u2014 significantly lower than the $2.6 billion rise in the same period of the previous year.<\/p>\n

This external debt comprises $79.13 billion in government debt and $8.23 billion in loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).<\/p>\n

Of the IMF debt, $3.88 billion is owed by the federal government and $4.39 billion by the central bank.
The Economic Survey notes that Pakistan has followed a strategic approach by focusing on long-term, concessional borrowing from multilateral and bilateral partners \u2014 a move that has helped ease immediate repayment risks.<\/p>\n

On the domestic front, debt rose by Rs4.8 trillion during the first nine months of FY25.<\/p>\n

The increase stemmed primarily from greater reliance on long-term debt instruments, while short-term borrowing and other components declined \u2014 indicating a preference for debt sustainability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan\u2019s total debt stock reached Rs76.01 trillion by the end of March 2025, reflecting a moderate increase as the country pursued fiscal consolidation and improved debt management. According to the Pakistan Economic Survey 2024-25, public debt grew by 6.7% during the first nine months of FY25 \u2014 slower than the 7.4% rise in the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[356,271,37,160],"class_list":["post-2611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news","tag-debt","tag-economy","tag-finance","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2611"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2613,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611\/revisions\/2613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}