Govt domestic debt, liabilities rise to around Rs55tr in June

September 09, 2025 (MLN): The total government domestic debt and liabilities have increased by 14.59% to Rs54.69 trillion in June 2025, compared to Rs47.72tr in June 2024, the latest data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) showed.

On a sequential basis, domestic debt and liabilities have risen by 5.7% compared to Rs51.74tr in May 2025.

According to details provided by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), the larger portion of the debt was permanent debt, which totaled Rs42.25tr, signifying a growth of 25.53% YoY.

This comprised Rs41.36tr in federal government bonds, Rs474.94bn in SBP's on-lending to the government of Pakistan against SDRs allocation, Rs407.5bn worth of prize bonds, and the remaining Rs2.84bn in market loans.

The floating debt dropped by 14.53% in June to Rs8.76tr compared to Rs10.25tr in the same period last year.

Market Treasury Bills comprised the major proportion of the total floating debt, and stood at Rs8.64tr in June 2025.

On the other hand, the government's unfunded debt increased by 7.94% YoY to Rs3.02tr in June 2025, primarily due to a significant rise of 8.66% YoY in saving schemes, which amounted to Rs2.94tr compared to Rs2.71tr in the SPLY.

Foreign currency loans increased significantly as they clocked in at Rs380.41bn in June 2025, compared to Rs373.55bn in June 2024.

Borrowing through Naya Pakistan Certificates also reduced by 26.34% YoY to Rs61.94bn in June 2025.

Similarly, on a sequential basis, it fell by 1.16% in June compared to Rs62.67bn in May.

Moving forward, domestic liabilities of the government dropped by 61.67% YoY and were reported at Rs216.02bn in the review month.

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