Pakistan’s external debt servicing hits near $6bn in 1QFY27

November 13, 2026 (MLN): Pakistan’s external debt servicing stood at $5.63bn in 1QFY27 (Jul-Sep), including principal repayments of $4.53bn and interest payments of $1.10bn, according to the latest data on external debt servicing by the State Bank.

The figure is provisional and is equal to about 26% of the $21.59bn serviced in the whole of FY26.

Public debt accounted for $3.67bn, or about 65%, of the quarter’s total.

Of this, government debt servicing stood at $3.31bn, including $2.63bn in principal and $680mn in interest.

Payments to the IMF totaled $353mn, comprising $215mn in principal and $139mn in interest, while foreign exchange liabilities required only $7mn in interest, with no principal due.

Bank borrowings made up the second-largest share at $1.42bn, with principal repayments of $1.37bn and interest of $47mn. In FY26, this category had no principal repayment and only $68mn in interest.

Public sector enterprises (PSEs) serviced $181mn, including $97mn in principal and $84mn in interest, all of it guaranteed debt. T

The private sector paid $359mn, with $211mn in principal and $148mn in interest, all of it non-guaranteed debt.

For the whole of FY26, total external debt servicing stood at $21.59bn, comprising $16.59bn in principal and $5.01bn in interest, according to the revised data.

Public debt accounted for $18.89bn, including government debt of $13.95bn, IMF payments of $1.05bn and foreign exchange liabilities of $3.89bn. PSEs serviced $553mn, bank borrowings $68mn and the private sector $2.08bn.

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