Govt retires Rs783bn debt in a week

Mettis Global reported that the government repaid a net Rs783.38 billion of debt in the week that closed on September 11, 2026. Year-to-date net repayment for FY2027 now totals Rs2.76 trillion, based on the State Bank's weekly estimates. Borrowing is grouped into budgetary support, commodity operations and other purposes, each tracked separately.

Budgetary support accounted for the bulk of the week's repayment at Rs772.46bn, while commodity operations recorded Rs4.31bn and other categories Rs6.61bn. On a cumulative basis, budgetary support has seen Rs2.74 trillion retired this year, commodity operations Rs23.97bn and other categories Rs0.97bn. The State Bank and scheduled banks are the two largest financing sources for budgetary support.

So far this fiscal year, the government has paid a net Rs239.56bn to the central bank, with the federal government retiring Rs1.08 trillion while provincial authorities borrowed Rs864.3bn. Repayments to scheduled banks reached a net Rs2.5 trillion, of which the federal side retired Rs2.56 trillion and provincial governments borrowed Rs62.81bn. With the central bank, the AJK and GB governments retired Rs15.93bn and Rs9.61bn respectively.