Govt retires Rs261bn debt in a week

Mettis Global reported that the government retired Rs261.44 billion of debt in the week to September 25, 2026. Citing the central bank's weekly estimates, the publisher said net retirement for fiscal year 2027 has reached Rs2.99 trillion so far.

Government borrowing is grouped into budgetary support, commodity operations and other purposes. In the latest week, budgetary support saw a net retirement of Rs262.13 billion, commodity operations recorded Rs287 million and other purposes saw Rs403 million borrowed. Year to date, budgetary support stands at Rs2.96 trillion of retirements, commodity operations at Rs29.67 billion and other purposes at Rs0.3 billion.

Budgetary financing is drawn mostly from the central bank and scheduled banks. Scheduled banks saw net retirements of Rs2.9 trillion this fiscal year, with federal retirements at Rs2.97 trillion and provincial borrowing at Rs62.81 billion. With the central bank, federal retirements reached Rs694.4 billion while provincial borrowing stood at Rs658.79 billion.