Govt borrows Rs254bn debt in a week

March 10, 2026 (MLN): The government of Pakistan has acquired an additional debt of Rs254.02 billion during the week ended February 27, 2026, which brings its total net borrowing for ongoing fiscal year 2026 to Rs350.61bn, according to the central bank's weekly estimates.

The government sector borrowings are divided into three broad categories based on the purpose of loan which are budgetary support, commodity operations, and others.

Split three ways between these broad categories, the weekly net borrowing for budgetary support was Rs266.23bn, while the retirement off commodity operations stood at Rs11.68bn.

Meanwhile, a total of Rs531m was retired off others during the week.

Accordingly, this takes the cumulative borrowing for the current fiscal year 2026 to Rs377.3bn for budgetary support, Rs27.05bn retirement off Commodity Operations, and Rs0.37bn borrowing for others.

The two biggest sources of financing for budgetary support are the State Bank of Pakistan and the scheduled banks.

This fiscal year, the government has paid off a net sum of Rs1.83 trillion to the central bank, out of which the Federal Government retired Rs1.61 trillion whereas, the Provincial Government retired Rs144.38bn, AJK Government retired Rs40.08bn, and the GB Government retired Rs34.21bn.

On the other hand, the government has lent out a net total of Rs2.21tr to scheduled banks. Out of this amount, the Federal Government borrowed Rs2.46tr while the Provincial Government retired Rs244.77bn.

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