Govt borrows Rs571bn debt in a week

November 11, 2026 (MLN): The government of Pakistan has acquired an additional debt of Rs571.36 billion during the week ended October 30, 2026, which brings its total net retirement for ongoing fiscal year 2027 to Rs2.13 trillion, 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 Rs568.72bn, while the borrowing for commodity operations stood at Rs2.68bn.

Meanwhile, a total of Rs40m was retired off others during the week.

Accordingly, this takes the cumulative retirement off the current fiscal year 2027 to Rs2.11 trillion for budgetary support, Rs14.93bn retirement off Commodity Operations, and Rs1.26bn retirement off 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 Rs323.65bn to the central bank, out of which the Federal Government retired Rs755.63bn whereas, the Provincial Government borrowed Rs455.27bn, AJK Government retired Rs6.34bn, and the GB Government retired Rs16.95bn.

On the other hand, the government has retired a net total of Rs1.79tr to scheduled banks. Out of this amount, the Federal Government retired Rs1.85tr while the Provincial Government borrowed Rs60.57bn.

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