Govt retires Rs2tr debt in a week

Mettis Global reported that the government retired Rs2.02 trillion in net debt during the week ended August 28, 2026, citing the central bank's weekly estimates. That lifts the total net retirement for the current fiscal year 2027 to Rs2.24 trillion. Budgetary support accounted for most of the weekly figure, with Rs2023.66bn retired under that category.

Over the fiscal year so far, cumulative retirement under budgetary support reached Rs2.22 trillion, while commodity operations recorded Rs15.92bn and other categories Rs1.21bn. The State Bank of Pakistan and scheduled banks are the two largest sources of budgetary financing.

This year the government has made a net repayment of Rs430.24bn to the central bank, with the federal government retiring Rs1.34 trillion. Net retirement from scheduled banks came to Rs1.79 trillion, as the federal government retired Rs1.93 trillion while provincial governments borrowed Rs137.52bn.