Govt borrows Rs328bn debt in a week

Mettis Global reported that Pakistan's government took on an additional Rs327.54 billion in net borrowing during the week ended September 04, 2026. Weekly data from the central bank lifted the total for the ongoing fiscal year 2027 to Rs1.91 trillion. The weekly figure was split across budgetary support, commodity operations and other purposes.

Budgetary support accounted for Rs324.43 billion of net borrowing that week, while commodity operations saw a net retirement of Rs3.74 billion. Other purposes absorbed Rs6.85 billion in borrowing. Cumulatively, budgetary support stands at Rs1.89 trillion, with the central bank and scheduled banks as its two largest financing sources.

Over the fiscal year so far, the government's net retirement to the central bank stands at Rs66.47 billion. Retirements to scheduled banks total Rs1.83 trillion, according to the same weekly estimates. Commodity operations show a cumulative retirement of Rs19.66 billion, and other purposes a borrowing of Rs5.64 billion.