Govt borrows Rs563bn debt in a week

Mettis Global reported that the government of Pakistan took on an additional Rs562.88 billion in debt during the week ended October 2, 2026. According to the central bank's weekly estimates, net government borrowing for the current fiscal year 2027 has reached Rs2.43 trillion. The weekly figure is split across three categories based on the purpose of each loan.

Budgetary support absorbed Rs562.3bn of the week's flow, commodity operations accounted for Rs732m, and the other category saw a net retirement of Rs160m. Cumulatively for the year, budgetary support stands at Rs2.4 trillion, while commodity operations and the other category show repayments of Rs28.94bn and Rs0.46bn respectively.

The central bank and scheduled banks are the two largest financing sources for budgetary support. Over the fiscal year, the government made net repayments of Rs159.62bn to the central bank and Rs2.24 trillion to scheduled banks.