Pakistan’s external financing hits $3.74bn in September

Mettis Global reported that $3.74bn of external financing reached Pakistan in September 2026, lifting inflows for the July-September quarter of FY27 to $5.45bn. The data come from the most recent update issued by the Economic Affairs Division (EAD). International bonds supplied the biggest share of the month's total, at $2.95bn, with $1.73bn coming from a 2032 bond and $1.22bn from a 2036 bond.

Disbursements from development partners reached $318.75m in September, with the three-month total at $952.26m. Multilateral sources accounted for $303.27m of the monthly figure, and the IDA led individual donors with $120.56mn. China's guaranteed loan for the Chashma Nuclear Power Plant-5 (C-5) project added $158.91m in September.

Commercial banks made no new disbursements in September, so the FY27 figure for UBL Dubai held steady at $300mn. The Naya Pakistan Certificate scheme added $312.95m, split between $118.41m on the conventional side and $194.54m on the Islamic side. Non-project aid reached $3.32bn in September on a purposewise basis, while project-based disbursements stood at $415.82m.